Mike Uspensky was in hospice care at his Miami Lakes home when his wife Carolyn shared some news: The town council approved the entry of the retired, much loved football coach into the Sports Hall of Fame. Uspensky, 72, died that night, April 2. He had suffered with complications from diabetes over many years, his wife said. “He would’ve loved the honor,” Carolyn Uspensky said of the induction ceremony. “It meant the world to him.”...

Language arts teacher Sara Yanes shared an Instagram post that summed up how she’s been feeling since schools turned to virtual learning to stop the spread of COVID-19. “The quarantine isn’t a break for teachers and students, it’s heartbreak,” the post reads from the Bored_Teachers account, whose members share Yanes‘ passion for education. Yanes teaches ninth graders at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes. And...

The Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida International University is offering free guidance to companies seeking access to disaster capital that is being offered by the state and federal governments. More than 82,000 small businesses employ 53.3 percent of people working in Miami-Dade County, the school said a recent study found. FIU’s consultants will help firms affected by the coronavirus apply for the Paycheck...

To look around Miami Lakes, one might not know that residents are enduring the outbreak of a potentially lethal virus that still has no end date. In this new abnormal, roads have light traffic and people are out power walking, bike riding, going to stores and waving to friends. But a closer look shows most have masks of some sort covering their faces. To stop the virus from spreading, Town Manager Edward Pidermann ordered the...

Madeleine Gonzalez is a busy young woman. She’s 19, a senior at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, is a member of the National Honor Society and has donated more than 1,000 volunteer hours on behalf of animals, literacy and women and children in shelters. But she’s also a civic-minded student who wants to see more women become decision-makers in government. As vice chair of the Miami Beach Youth Commission, Gonzalez organized a...