The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Thomas University’s School of Nursing a $331,139 grant under its Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP). The grant is renewable each year.The NFLP awards grants to accredited schools of nursing to provide loans to nurse educators pursuing a graduate degree. The program’s goal is to increase the number of nursing faculty by...

Beating the summer heat has never been so sweet at Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force hosts the 3rd annual Ice Cream Social from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday July 20, at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.The free event is sponsored by Miami Lakes Auto Mall and includes fun activities for the whole family including food trucks, face painting, a rock climbing wall, music and free ice cream from Coldstone and Frosty’s...

On June 15, Boy Scout and Barbara Goleman Senior High (BGSH) student Brandon Chicardini from Troop 565 completed his Eagle Scout project at BGHS. The service project consisted of beautifying an area of the school in front of the Capstone building. Chicardini collected funds, designed and planned the project which he called “Capstone Gardens", bought all the needed materials and gathered a group of volunteers to help get this project done. To...

Fairway Drive in Miami Lakes lacks proper crossing locations, bicycle facilities and speed deterrent infrastructure along the corridor according to the Town which installed several low-cost solutions for pedestrian safety.However grant funding was critically needed to enhance safety and infrastructure and the Town Council adopted a Resolution in February to apply for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Transportation Alternatives...

Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) is saying goodbye to long-time teacher Joseph Walpole. He spent the last 16 years of his teaching career at MLEC, the longest he’d stayed at any one school.Anyone privileged enough to learn from Walpole could never forget him. Walking into his classroom was always special and whether he was discussing rhythm and meter, or the “art of styling sentences,” or love, loss and conflict in literature, the...