Jan. 18 and 25 Miami Lakes Farmers Market. The Florida Marketplace Group presents a Saturday market with vendors of produce, clothing and crafts. At Main Street and New Barn Road. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 18 Miami Lakes Garden Club Meeting at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 NW 82nd Ave.  The topic will be growing garden herbs. 10 a.m.  Jan. 18 GiGi’s Playhouse Miami’s Inaugural Indoor Pickleball Tournament...

     There is a new flexible workspace in town that caters to clients who may want to drop in for a day or have a longer-term membership.      The modern new Venture X offices in the Arbor Place Building near Main Street provide many amenities that people who work remotely may not find all in one place: conference rooms with Smart TVs, cameras for presentations and video conferences, secure high-speed internet...

     The Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee is starting off the new year with three free musical performances downtown, with the relaunch of Main Street Live!      Presented by the Main Street Merchants, The Graham Companies and the Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee, the following artists are in the lineup. They will be set up around the big oak tree during their shows: --Friday, Jan. 17 The...

The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its Board of Directors. Active members of the chamber can be nominated or nominate themselves for six roles on the board: President, vice president, treasurer, secretary 1, secretary 2 and membership chair are all of the roles available to be filled for 2025. To be considered, only two criteria are needed: Nominees must be an active member of the chamber who regularly...

Betty Louise Dunn, the matriarch of a prominent real estate development family in South Florida, died in Miami on Jan. 9. She was 90 years old. Betty Dunn was married for 45 years to Lowell Dunn until his passing from lung cancer on Nov. 13, 2006, at age 72. She was president and chief executive officer of the Lowell Dunn Companies. “Mom was always an equal partner with dad, in both life and in the building of all of the Dunn...