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...

Students from the Miami Lakes Educational Center competed against teams from other Florida high schools in the 24th Annual ProStart Competition, a hospitality, tourism and restaurant management contest in Orlando.       Over 400 students participated in categories such as Culinary, Management and Edible Centerpiece during the event held March 8 – 9 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando.      ...

The Town of Miami Lakes observed the National Day of Prayer with clerics from different faiths, members of town staff, the police department and the community who gathered in Town Hall on May 1.      Mayor Josh Dieguez, Vice Mayor Bryan Morera and Council members Angelo Cuadra Garcia, Ray Garcia, Steven Herzberg and Alex Sanchez participated, as did Miami Dade Public School Board Member Roberto Alonso, with some leading...

GT Homes, developers of the Palma Del Lago luxury residential community in Miami Lakes, have placed color, full-page ads in the pages of The Miami Laker community newspaper since May 2024.      The advertising campaign has paid off, the company said, by bringing sales leads and a new member of their real estate agent team to the project.      “We’ve had 2,000 registrations by potential new home...