Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. René Garcia held one of his “Cafecito con René” gatherings at Holiday Bakery in Miami Lakes.      It was standing room only on June 11 at the store in the Cypress Village Shopping Center.       Garcia was running for re-election for Commission District 13 and won his race in the primary after an opponent did not file the proper...

     Twenty students from Virnalis Arvelo’s eighth grade class at Miami Lakes K-8 Center achieved a perfect score on their English Language Arts Florida Assessment of Student Thinking.       “What a fantastic way to end the year,” Arvelo said in an email. “We laughed and cried.”  The students received a level five score and Arvelo treated them to dinner at ML Steak...

     Members of the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce joined TD Bank officials to open its new branch in Hialeah. The bank, at 3645 W. 84th St. (Northwest 138th Street at Northwest 97th Avenue) is open to customers in the new Shoppes at Highland shopping plaza. On June 15, TD Bank held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening and the bank’s expansion. TD Bank has a branch in Miami Lakes and is a member of the Miami Lakes...

     Boy Scouts from the Miami Lakes area attended a BSA National Youth Leadership Training Program in March held at Camp Elmore in Davie.      Over six days and five nights, the scouts learned advanced corporate team building; leadership and critical thinking and management skills, which they will bring back to their troops.     Fifty young people from Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties...

     Gino and Jack are two lucky felines. They were foster kittens who Marie and Harold Korenstein met through Adopt A Stray, Inc.      Though they aren’t blood brothers, they act like it sometimes, especially when a random invader such as a cockroach or lizard appears in the couple’s Miami Lakes home.      That’s when the cats imitate a SWAT team and take down the offender,...