The Burger King Foundation awarded 180 scholarships in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, including to five students at Miami Lakes Educational Center.       Seniors Reahana Joseph; Latrice Shakes; Danielle Cohen Mantilla; D’Avora Willaims and Jae’la Rainey each received $1,000 for their post-secondary education on April 28.       Reahana plans to major in biomedical sciences at...

 Alejandro Gonzalez of Miami Lakes is part of the Florida International University Law College’s Trial Team that reached the “Elite 8” at a national competition in April.      The students shown from left are: Michael Leatherman and Rachel Cross, both second year law students; lead coach Ashley Lherisson and third year law students Alejandro Gonzalez and Naomi Eid, in a photo provided by the...

zthe Town of Miami Lakes has completed a multi-use lane for bicyclists and walkers along Northwest 146th Street in the West Lakes neighborhood.       The raised path is between Northwest 87th Avenue and Northwest 89th Avenue and has new striping and signs that describe its purpose.      The project was approved in Nov. 2021 and construction began in Nov. 2024, said Omar Santos, director of Public...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center third grader Noah Tarazona received a medal at the Future Wavemakers Summit in West Palm Beach on April 26.  The Wavemakers invite students to create environmental solutions and present them to a panel of scientists and community leaders.  “Noah submitted an innovative project on alligators versus crocodiles that presented conservation efforts in understanding ecosystem roles, habitat protections...

Florida Blue Key inducted Marian Enriquez into the 100-year-old honor fraternity in April.      “I am so humbled by the privilege of being able to further serve my fellow students and Gator Nation in general,” Enriquez, 20, said.      She is a rising senior at the University of Florida studying for a double major in sociology and Spanish.          She lives in Miami...