July 4 Fourth of July Celebration. Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday at Veterans Park. Presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee, enjoy music performances, food trucks, a beer garden and kids’ lawn games. Fireworks at 9 p.m. The Special Needs Advisory Board will host a sensory friendly zone. 15151 NW 82 Ave. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Free   July 5 250th United States celebration. The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany...

Patrons of the Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes will recognize Nancy Matos. She has worked the past 25 years of her three decade career in the library system in town.      On June 4, Matos was among honorees who received Service Awards. Hers was for “30 years of continuous and loyal service,” given at the Board of County Commission Chambers in the Stephen P. Clark Center in Miami.   ...

The Blasting Advisory Board held a Seismic Energy in Action contest for STEM students from Miami Lakes Educational Center.      At Miami Lakes Town Hall on May 27, students presented their models and findings about how seismic energy from limestone mining blasts in western Miami-Dade County can travel like waves underground and through the porous Biscayne Aquifer.      They discussed how impact from such...

Amanda Espinal, Lead Rental Agent Champion Rent-A-Car, Davie “My favorite important event is the Industrial Revolution because we were able to expedite a lot of technological advances as a country, starting with the railroads, oil and then steel and a lot of these titans came about,” Amanda Espinal said. “Like Vanderbilt, Carnegie and Rockefeller. I just think it’s really interesting how as humans …...

The Miami Lakes Public Safety Committee gathered to mark National Law Enforcement Awareness Month and Peace Officer’s Memorial Day with a Coffee with a Cop event. Held May 15 at the Mayor’s Café in Royal Oaks Plaza, deputies were available to meet residents for coffee and a chat. This was the first Coffee with a Cop under the direction of newly-appointed Sheriff’s Maj. Eddy Ulloa, who leads the Miami Lakes District. Ulloa...