The Miami Lakes Cold Stone Creamery franchise is just one chapter of the many accomplishments in Ruth Spiegel’s life. Spiegel, owner of the Miami Lakes Cold Stone and other locations in Coral Springs, Plantation, Pompano and Coconut Creek, was named one of South Florida Business Journal’s (SFBJ) 2014 Influential Business Women of the Year.  Spiegel, born in Germany to Holocaust survivors, finds it easiest to...

  The question theater patrons in Miami Lakes are asking is, “How are they going to do that?” Do what? you wonder. “How are the Main Street Players taking the large-scale Broadway award winning musical, Spring Awakening, and make it work in their intimate theater?” Design genius is the only fitting answer. Under the guidance of set designer Michael Stopnick, technical director Dennis Lyzniak and lighting...

  A proposal to reinstate a waste hauler fee in Miami Lakes was initially greeted with opposition at a budget hearing and voted down at a subsequent Town Council meeting, but got new life after one lawmaker changed his mind. Facing a $1 million deficit for 2014-2015, town staff suggested imposing a five percent franchise fee to help offset the budget shortfall by generating $50,000 a year for roadway improvements. But councilmembers...

  The Miami Lakes Garden Club will begin their fall programs with a meeting on Monday, September 22, at 7 p.m. at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. All attendees are asked to bring a plant for a plant exchange. In addition to a plant exchange, the Garden Club will be treated to a presentation by Garland Mitchell, a licensed gardening and lawn maintenance business owner with 10 years of experience. Mitchell has a...

    The Women's Breast Health Initiative, Florida Affiliate (WBHI) is hosting the third annual “B fore Pink” Golf Tournament on Friday, September 19 to raise funds to fight breast cancer. The tournament will be held at Shula's Golf Club, 7601 Miami Lakes Drive. Although Breast Cancer Awareness Month is not until October, the Miami-based organization is based on reaching women before they “turn pink” the...