The Graham Companies has a $110 million development planned for the town landmark that is the Miami Lakes Golf Course.     “What this project will enable us to do is really create a gateway to Miami Lakes,” Luis Martinez, senior executive vice president of The Graham Companies, said about the intersection of Miami Lakes Drive on the northeast corner near the Palmetto Expressway.  “The...

Well-known businessman Gerardo Seferlis, owner of Gerardo’s Marketplace in Miami Lakes, died Thursday after a long illness. Seferlis embodied the immigrant success story after arriving in the U.S. in 1984 from Panama to attend college and study computers, according to a 1998 profile in The Miami Herald. To Miami Lakers, Seferlis was known to be honest, warm and friendly. Many of his customers became like family after they visited...

Cypress Village Shopping Center Beverly Hills Cafe, 7312 Miami Lakes Drive 305-558-8201  Thebeverlyhillscafe.com  Indoor/outdoor dining; take-out; delivery; UberEats. CRUZEIRO Brazilian Steakhouse, 7419 Miami Lakes Dr. 305-363-5247  Order from cruzeirosteakhouse.net Indoor/outdoor dining. DiCED, 7425 Miami Lakes Drive 305-961-1032 Dicedfood.com  Indoor dining;...

The Superintendent’s Honors Music Festival chose four students from Miami Lakes K-8 Center to perform at events held Miami Senior High School during the first week in April.  Grace Mazzorana, a 5th grader, sang with the Elementary Chorus at Miami Senior High School. Manuel Martin, 8th grade and Sabella Scavuzzo, 7th grade, both play violin and Layla Cino, 6th grade, plays the cello. The trio performed with the Middle School...

Miami Lakes Middle School students won 1st Place in the drama competition held at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition. The students performed numbers from a variety of Broadway musicals and popular films. The students also brought home special recognition ribbons, the only middle school to receive the ribbons, according to Principal Maria Medina. Top row from left: Natalia Voss, Annajelly Pinales-Bello, Zyonnah Hamil-Evans, Shayera...