Miami Lakes United Methodist Church has opened registration for the “Girls On Fire” Conference event set to take place Friday, September 12, and Saturday, September 13.  The event will feature music, inspirational speakers, workshops and a variety of practical and life-affirming topics. Additionally, boutique shopping, samples, goodie bags, a dessert bar and more will be available. For more information and to register...

  Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee will host the Senior Basketball Competition starting at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 16, at Shula’s Athletic Club, 15150 Bull Run Road. Registration starts at 8 a.m. This last segment of the 8th annual Senior Games will include Free Throw and Three Point Basketball competition along with a Bean Bag contest. Anyone over the age of 50 is invited to participate. All participants will receive a...

  More than 200 kids received backpacks filled with school supplies during the Get Back to School Ready event at Gus Machado Ford in Hialeah in early August. The event was sponsored by Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr., (District 13), State Senator Rene Garcia, Gus Machado and the Hialeah Firefighters Benevolent Association. The 200 backpacks, along with free DNA kits and Sunpass transponders, were given away on a first...

  Christian Cayon of Miami Lakes was named to the Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2014 semester at Johns Hopkins University. To be selected for this honor, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale in a program of at least 14 credits with at least 12 graded credits. Cayon is the son of Carlos and Giuliana Cayon and attended the School For Advanced Studies (SAS) in Miami. Cayon,...

  John A. Kanas, chairman and CEO of BankUnited headquartered in Miami Lakes, was  among a group of recent winners of the Ernst and Young, or EY, Entrepreneur of the Year Award during a special gala at the Hilton Hotel in Orlando.  Kanas won the accolade in the financial services category among a group of leading entrepreneurs, who were selected by an independent judging panel comprised of previous award recipients, leading...