For the 19th year, Tree City USA has designated Miami Lakes a “tree city.” The town acknowledged the recognition and celebrated Arbor Day by planting a Cathedral Oak tree in Park 21, a block west of Miami Lakes K-8 Center School.       Girl Scout Troop 902 members Arianna Anderson read the Pledge of Allegiance and Aurora Medina recited a poem to celebrate the day.     ...

    Forty-five years ago, Miami-Dade County opened a branch of its library system in Miami Lakes on land that the Sengra Corporation, later called The Graham Companies, donated for the public good.      Officials gathered on April 20 outside the shell of that building at 6699 Windmill Gate Road to kick off an extensive renovation that will last until 2028.      “This is one of our most...

      For Maria Nordase, teaching Spanish to her students is a skill that will take them around the world.      One of her pupils is an older gentleman who translates for his daughters when they visit Spain. Then there is the couple who visited Peru, where locals thought they were from an island nation that is to the south of Florida.       “When they went to visited Peru and...

    The Town of Miami Lakes kicked off budget season with its first workshop on April 7, when council members told staff their priorities for the 2026-2027 spending plan they will vote on in September.       Hanging over their discussion were unknown factors: What the state legislature and governor will do this spring and what voters could decide in November about eliminating property taxes, actions that could...

     The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office has a contract to protect the Town of Miami Lakes and its people and property and has a small station inside of Town Hall.     Miami Lakes budgeted $11.8 million for the sheriff’s contract in the 2025-2026 fiscal year, a bill that was more than 51.8% of the town’s general fund budget, and is higher than the $10.8 million raised in town property taxes, staff...