The Janu Sirsasana pose     We will be exploring a few seated yoga poses in the next few weeks.      Let’s start with One Leg Seated Forward Bend, or Janu Sirsasana.      It is also called Head-to-Knee forward bend.        It is an excellent pose for practitioners of all levels.      It provides a full body stretch, as well as  a mild...

      Shown in the photo at right are the extended family of the late Roberto Alonso, the first vice mayor in Miami Lakes, on stage at the Sixth Annual Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure charity show on April 3. They are from left: Mauricio Banderas, Jesus Mendoza, Christine Banderas, Jessica Mendoza, Kaylee Mendoza, Carolina Banderas, Joshua Mendoza, Luciano Banderas, Idania Alonso, Robbie Alonso, Oliver Alonso, Alexandra Alonso and...

     Call it pandemic fashion, the face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors from the COVID-19 virus and its variants.

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     Photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

     As Kelly Kooken stood in a 90-minute line at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando in March, her son Vincent was remaining calm.      “He’s doing really well right now,” Kooken, of Weston, said by phone.       Vincent is a junior at Cypress Bay High School where he attends a B.R.I.D.G.E.S. class for students who are on the autism spectrum.      ...

   Miami-Dade County Public Schools in partnership with The Children’s Trust and the University of Miami Health System’s pediatric mobile clinic will be at Miami Lakes Middle School on Tuesday, April 19.     Parents who wish to get free shots for their children for the flu, vaccines required to attend school or COVID-19 tests and shots may attend the event to be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 6425 Miami...