Barbara Goleman Senior High School students won 1st Place in the Miami-Dade County School District mock trial competition in February. They went on to finish 11th in the state at a competition held in Orlando in March. Back row, from left: Attorney/Asst. Coach Jordan Rosales; Attorney/Asst. Coach Yanelis Zamora-Trujillo; Brenda Labrador; Valeria Zapata; Adriana Garcia; Jayden Maldonado and Vladimir Veloz, team bailiff. Front row: Isabella...

    Zachary Webb has been elected as the Community Service Chair to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ District Student Government Association.      Zachary, 17, who lives in unincorporated Miami-Dade County near Miami Lakes, is a member of the Class of 2026 at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School.       He said he is “ready to represent the voices of all students of MDCPS.”

The Miami Lakes Veterans Committee is accepting applications for its Miami Lakes Veterans Families Scholarship program.       Applicants have until July 1 to apply for the award, which is funded by the annual Reindeer Run 5K presented by Headquarter Toyota.       Scholarships are open to veterans, children and grandchildren of veterans or high school seniors in good academic...

Folks walking around downtown Miami Lakes may encounter this gentle pair: Cookie, a 6-year-old Great Dane, and Libby, a 7-year-old Victorian Bulldog.      The girls love their walks and will roam Main Street in search of pats on the head and food on the ground, said owner Martha Valdes.      The pets live with her and husband Michael Jorge, stepdaughter Leah Jorge, 6, and son Gavin Grimes,...

A wooden fence facing the circle on Main Street  recently went up in front of the old Tamura Japanese Buffet, or, for longtime Miami Lakers, the former Tony Roma’s location.       Behind the fence, the facade will be renovated.       Work will include splitting the space into two future restaurants that will measure 1,636 square feet and 3,504 square feet.    ...