Friends are mourning the sudden passing on Nov. 16 of David Cavezza, a 30-year resident of Miami Lakes.      Cavezza, 72, was born in Mount Pleasant, Pa. and attended Wayne State University. He was a contractor with the U.S. Department of Defense, selling insurance policies to military personnel.  He traveled to 32 countries for work and lived in six of them, his fiancée Bernadette Hutnick...

    In the 1920s, The Pennsylvania Sugar Company in Philadelphia wanted to grow sugar cane in the Everglades. They tried growing vegetables, too and were defeated by frost, floods and the economics of the Great Depression.       The company shut down operations in Florida in Dec. 1931, and left a herd of dairy cows and the land to its civil mining engineer Ernest R Graham.      The following...

     The Saint Andrews Pipe Band of Miami led by Pipe Major Jason Wright launched Miami Lakes’ 25th Anniversary celebration with a march through Veterans Park while playing “Scotland the Brave.”     The Scottish music was a reference to the heritage of the Graham family who have owned land in the town since the 1930s and continue developing properties on it.      It was the start...

Is there anything better than having fresh pajamas and a good book when slipping into bed at night?      The Corvo & Calas law firm is running its 21st Annual  Pajama and Book Drive to benefit children in shelters who are survivors of domestic abuse.      “In order to assist more children, we are asking the community to join us, by providing them with a comforting bedtime routine,”...

    The Miami Lakes town council formed the Charter Revision Commission during its final meeting of 2025.      The Charter Revision Commission meets every 10 years to review the town’s charter, which sets forth Miami Lakes’ form of government; election procedures; administrative processes; legislative rules and other topics.       The seven council members on Nov. 18 each named a...