A Hispanic Heritage event and kickoff to the UMater campaign took place during after-school hours on October 24 in the parking lot of Mater Gardens Academy. Mater Gardens Academy usually commemorates Hispanic Heritage month with a day-time festival, however, some teachers requested that the event be held after school hours and using it to promote the UMater campaign.The UMater campaign is an annual fundraiser for scholarships, and...

Boston University awarded academic degrees to 1,613 students in September.Among the graduates was Christen Andrew of Miami Lakes who received a Doctor of Physical Therapy in Physical Therapy.

(Contact Dr. Frantz on the web at www.mlcchurch.com.)Be thankful! It's good for you. In this season of thanksgiving, there's good news for people who have a grateful spirit: It's good for you and it makes you a happier person. If we reflect on this, we might think it would be other things – like fear, for example, out of a deep respect for the Almighty; or obedience, out of a sense of duty and a willingness to do the right thing. Or,...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s boys basketball program hosted its first Catholic Middle School Boys Basketball Tournament the weekend of October 25 and 26 on campus. The tournament started Friday evening with the first round of games that would determine the standings for an elimination tournament that took place on Saturday.  The middle school teams taking part in this year’s event were St. Rose of Lima,...

  The 34th annual Miami Lakes Veterans Day Parade will take place on Sunday, November 10, beginning promptly at 10 a.m. The parade will begin at the corner of Bull Run Road and Ludlam Road (N.W. 67 Avenue) and will head south on Ludlam Road. There will be two main spectator grandstands – one on Miami Lakes Drive and Ludlam Road, and the other on Miami Lakes Drive and Miami Lakeway South. All participants will assemble between 8:30...