Mater Academy Charter High School coach Eric Rodriguez is Miami Dade Basketball LLC’s 2021 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. Rodriguez, 33, assumed leadership of the team after his father, Lions coach Marcos Antonio “Shakey” Rodriguez, died from a brain aneurysm on Nov. 4, 2020, at age 67. The younger Rodriguez coached Mater Academy to its first-ever state championship game in Lakeland on March 6. They tried to win...

Meet Pete! He is a 4.5-year-old Terrier mix who was a puppy when he was found roaming the Redland area in southwest Miami-Dade County. The Garcia family in Miami Lakes gave him a home. “He was the perfect fit,” said Michelle Rojas Garcia. “He’s been with us ever since.”
Pete shares the family’s household in the Loch Lomond East community with Rojas Garcia’s husband, Alexander Garcia, and...

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Elsa Reus photographed Annette Price. Other photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

Edwin Gonzalez, 56, of Hialeah, is one of the drivers of the Freebee electric vehicles in the Town of Miami Lakes. Residents request the free drop-off and pick-up service via phone at 855-918-FREE (3733) or with an app. The town provides the service to aid those who cannot drive and to reduce the number of vehicles on municipal roads. Gonzalez is married to Angie Irizarry, 56, a homemaker. They have two children, Omar Gonzalez,...

Lake Hilda is a community of townhomes and single-family residences in Miami Lakes. It is located north of the Gratigny Expressway, and is bordered by Northwest 67th Avenue, Miami Lakeway South and Alamanda Avenue. Built in the late 1960s, Lake Hilda is the second oldest Miami Lakes neighborhood after Lake Patricia, which is just across Northwest 67th Avenue. The Sengra Corporation, later known as The
 Graham Companies, built Lake...