May 13 Miami Lakes Garden Club The monthly Bunco luncheon is on the second Wednesday of each month. Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 NW 82nd Ave. 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. Cost $6.00 to play includes buffet lunch, beverages and prizes. All are welcome.  May 14 Senior Bingo Luncheon Elderly Affairs Committee presents bingo, a meal and prizes. Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 NW 87th Ave. Ages 60+. 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m....

     Miami Lakers who get on Florida’s Turnpike at Okeechobee Road now have another option.     The Florida Department of Transportation opened on April 21 a connection to the turnpike in Hialeah in far west Miami-Dade County.      Called the Northwest 170th Street Interchange, it features ribbons of new road beneath the turnpike that lead to ramps and either south to Homestead or north to...

     Meet one-year-old Teo, a white and tan Chihuahua who enjoys catching rays near the Miami Lakes Golf Club.       Teo lives in Miami Lakes with Alien Catalan, his wife Elizabeth Aguila and daughter Diana  Aguila.       “He is friendly with people, but he doesn’t like other dogs,” Catalan said in Spanish.       Catalan said the...

    Over 2,600 people came out to support the South Florida Autism Charter School at its 14th Annual Walk and Safety Fair on April 18.       The school, at 3751 W. 108th St. in Hialeah, offers education and therapeutic services to individuals with autism spectrum disorder.        Money raised from the annual walk funds its programs and initiatives.       Two...

     Miami Lakers love their parks. There are 100 of them, big and small, on land donated for the public by The Graham Companies.      During the first week of May, town officials unveiled improvements to four play spaces for kids that included stairs to climb and slides to ride down.      Old equipment was replaced with new structures and safety surfaces at Park 35, Big Cypress Drive at...