Fla. Rep. Tom Fabricio is seeking a fourth term in the statehouse, and filed in January to run in the Nov. 3, 2026 election.      Fabricio is a Republican who lives in Miami Lakes.      District 110 includes part of Hialeah, Country Club, Palm Springs North and Miami Lakes. His office is in town.       He was first elected to the legislature in 2020 and has filed several...

    Of the 65 attendees at the 3rd Annual Business Boot Camp in Miami Lakes, most had fewer than 10 employees, several had ideas for a startup and some came from out of town to learn practical tips from local entrepreneurs.      The Economic Development Committee presented the free Town Hall forum on Sept. 26.      “I want to hear about their journeys and learn from people who also started...

    After three workshops and two late night budget hearings, the Miami Lakes town council raised the millage rate slightly, from 2.0732 to 2.1577, or $2.15.       To get there, they adjusted where revenues went and lowered the general fund spending plan by $1,103,912.      At midnight on Sept. 25, a majority -- Councilmen Juan Carlos Fernandez, Steven Herzberg and Alex Sanchez; Vice Mayor...

     The Cultural Affairs Committee presented attorney and author Christina Diaz Gonzalez, who spoke about her books at Town Hall on Sept. 4. Her novel for young readers, “The Red Umbrella,” is based on her family’s experience during Operation Pedro Pan.       It was an exodus of more than 14,000 children who were sent alone in the early 1960s from Cuba to the United States by families...

     BNI Lakes Connect, the second chapter of the international networking organization to open in Miami Lakes, celebrated their formation with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Chela’s Cocteleria in Miami Lakes on Sept. 4. Business professionals have multiple places to make contacts and look for business opportunities: BNI Lakes Connect; BNI Miami Lakes and the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce, who all sponsor training, events...