The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering virtual and in-person programs.  Space is limited and you must sign up in advance to receive a link via email. Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Toddlers en dos idiomas   In person.  Tues., March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29; 11:30 a.m. – noon. Bilingual stories, songs and activities. Masks are required.  Ages 18 months -...

Let's do the Romanian Dead Lift.  1. While standing, grasp a pair of kettlebells or dumbbells and hold them at your sides (beginners can use just their body weight). Keep your knees  slightly bent as shown above. 2. Contract your abdominal muscles and clench your buttocks tight while pushing the buttocks backward, what we call hinging from the hip. Your upper body and arms should stay motionless. Reach a position where...

     A free drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Miami Lakes continues to screen people wishing to know if they have the virus.      The project, at 7601 Miami Lakes Drive in the parking lot of the former Hotel Indigo, is a partnership between The Graham Companies and Longview Technology Services of Herndon, Va.      The free tests are the PCR nasal swab version.       ...

     Call it pandemic fashion, the colorful face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors from the COVID-19 virus and its variants.

      What kind of mask do you wear? To show off your style, send a selfie to LindaT@MiamiLaker.com.

     Photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

     Miami Lakes councilmembers are urging residents to get active if they want to stop the opening of the Northwest 154th Street bridge that is currently closed. It crosses Interstate 75 and ends in Hialeah.      The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners was scheduled to vote March 1 to urge the Florida Department of Transportation to open the span but deferred the vote until March 15 to give Miami Lakes...