June 4 Senior Bingo Luncheon Elderly Affairs Committee presents bingo, a meal and prizes. Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 NW 87th Ave. Age 60+. 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Free. Register at Toml.EventBrite.com. June 6, 20; July 11, 25; Aug. 8, 22  The Dinner Detective presents “Game Over.” Enjoy a comedy murder mystery presented by The Dinner Detective company. Miami Lakes Hotel on Main, 6842 Main St. $65.99 per...

      From playing the Super Smash Bros. video game to meeting with life-sized Star Wars characters, kids got to enjoy the inaugural Sensory Game Night presented by the Miami Lakes Special Needs Advisory Board at the Roberto Alonso Community Center on May 15.      About 120 participants attended the gathering, according to Special Needs Advisory Board Secretary Ethan Rivero. The game night was created for the...

      One by one, military veterans who are members of the town’s Veterans Committee, American Legion Post 144 or its Auxiliary, read the histories of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who died in battle.       Their harrowing sacrifices were described during the Miami Lakes Memorial Day ceremony held at Mary Collins Community Center on May 25.      The event drew a crowd...

     It was a sweet moment between a son and his father, when Jullien Ulloa pinned a badge on Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Maj. Eddy Ulloa to mark his promotion as leader of the agency’s deputies in Miami Lakes.      Their exchange happened May 19 during the town council meeting.      Ulloa, 43, replaced Maj. Jose Gonzalez, who retired in April. The Town of Miami Lakes has a contract...

     Mayor Josh Dieguez is inviting everyone to join in the town’s 250th anniversary party for the country that will happen July 4th on the big lawn in Veterans Park.      “Happy birthday, America!” Dieguez said. “This year we’re doing things a little bit differently. We’re spending more and more money, on not just for fireworks but other forms of entertainment to celebrate...