A tennis team trained and sponsored by the Miami Lakes Athletic Club won the 12 and Under Division of the USTA Junior Circuit: Delray Championships Green Dot on Dec. 2.      The champs were beginners to the game and improved under the direction of Tennis Coordinator Ricardo Martinez, the Athletic Club said.      The team is: Allison Vigoa, 10; Alexia Nakhle, 12; Ariadne Velez, 12 and...

     If a golfer is on your holiday shopping list and you find yourself asking if they would want (literally any golf item), the answer is simple.      Yes, they do.       Golfers never have enough golf stuff: Everyone always needs more or newer balls, gloves, clubs, golf shoes, ball markers and, well, anything else you can think of.  So in this column, I’m not coaching...

    The town will be closing  athletic fields at Royal Oaks Park and Optimist Park for annual turf maintenance.       The fields will be closed Dec. 18 through Jan. 21.       Residents may still use designated areas of the parks or the fields at Barbara Goleman Senior High School.       At Optimist Park, the area north of the basketball courts and the...

     The YMCA of South Florida will host a winter camp at Royal Oaks Park starting on Dec. 26.       Kids ages 5 to 12 can enjoy games, arts and crafts and other activities hosted by trained YMCA staff.       Each day, campers will need to bring lunch, a snack and water, and wear sneakers and have a change of clothes.       Camp days will be from 8 a.m. to 6...

The claw of an excavator pulled down the porte-cochere at Miami Lakes Golf Club on Friday, launching a new era for the landmark property. See video here: https://buff.ly/4ao91vi. To rise at the corner of Miami Lakes Drive and Northwest 77th Avenue: A $110 million mixed-use project called The Residences & Shops on NINE, designed by Roger Fry & Associates, P.A. It will have 278 apartments and parking in a seven-story...