Cypress Village Shopping CenterBeverly Hills Café, 7312 Miami Lakes Drive305-558-8201.Thebeverlyhillscafe.com. Take-out, delivery, UberEats, dine-in.Dr. Limon, 7341 Miami Lakes Drive305-228-9199.Doctorlimon.com. Take-out, delivery, dine-in.Gauchos Gourmet Market, 7357 Miami Lakes Drive, 305-384-1334. Gauchosmarket.com. Take-out, UberEats, dine-in.Holiday Bakery, 7313 Miami Lakes Drive, 305-558-2180. Take-out, outdoor dining.McDonald’s, 7435...

The handsome boy on the left is Lafayette, a Labrador mixed breed, walking through the Loch Ness community with Nala, a French Bulldog. Their owner Kathy Rodriguez shared the photo. Miami Lakers are passionate about their pets. There is even a Facebook page called Miami Lakes Pet Owners. If you want to introduce your furry or feathered friends to the readers of The Miami Laker, please send a photo to
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Reta Lee, who spent decades teaching town kids how to swim in her backyard pool, died May 26. She was 89. On June 16, the town council voted to rename Miami Lakeway South near her family’s home in the Lake Katherine neighborhood “Reta Lee Way.” Councilman Joshua Dieguez, a former pupil of Lee’s, sponsored the resolution. He shared a photo of them that was taken during a lesson when he was a little boy. “She touched...

Sammy Infante’s dream was to play baseball for the University of Miami Hurricanes. And then the Washington Nationals called, with an offer to change everything for the now-former shortstop for Monsignor Edward Pace High School. Infante, 19, from Hialeah, is headed to the world of professional baseball after signing with the reigning World Series champion Nationals. They drafted him in June, making him the first high school...

St. Thomas University signed two local women to its inaugural flag football team for the 2021 season: Miami Lakes resident Tiffany Walker, a graduate of Barbara Goleman Senior High, and Christina Mathieu from Miami Gardens, a Monsignor Edward Pace High grad. Walker, a wide receiver and safety, was the second student-athlete to commit to the new team; Mathieu, also a wide receiver, was the first. They were chosen as members of this...