Pets of Miami Lakes

Featured By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, May 15, 2025

Folks walking around downtown Miami Lakes may encounter this gentle pair: Cookie, a 6-year-old Great Dane, and Libby, a 7-year-old Victorian Bulldog.      The girls love their walks and will roam Main Street in search of pats on...

Silver Knight winners

Education Thursday, July 1, 2021

Three students from area high schools are 2021 Miami Herald Silver Knight award winners. Jordan Bryan of Hialeah Gardens High School worked with girls in Hialeah to boost and measure their confidence through sports; Cyrah Gayle tutored and mentored children at Lotus House women’s shelter and Fadhina Petit-Clair taught violin to children on the autism spectrum. Cyrah and Fadhina attended the School for Advanced Studies. The students are among the 30 seniors at schools in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties honored in the 63rd annual contest that recognizes outstanding achievers.

The winners receive a $2,000 scholarship from the Knight Foundation; a Silver Knight statue; an AAdvantage 25,000-mile travel coupon and a Silver Knight medallion presented by American Airlines.

Photos courtesy of the schools.