The Miami Lakes Athletic Club donated $500 to the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative on Dec. 18.  The athletic club held events in October to raise awareness about breast cancer and accept members’ donations for the cause. The money will be used to support The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative’s efforts to provide mammograms and scans to women, part of its mission to intervene early...

Jan.  4, 11, 18, 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. 3 Festival Navideño at Ana G. Mendez University A Christmas festival at Ana G. Mendez University, 15201 NW 79th Ct. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free.  Jan. 8 Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon. Speaker is Marcela...

     The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering classes.  Most events require preregistration and popular courses may fill up early. Sign up in advance to avoid being shut out of classes.  To check availability, call 305-822-6520, email truglioj@mdpls.org or sign up at bit.ly/3Wnp6tC.      The library at 6699 Windmill Gate Rd. is open Monday - Thursday, 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m....

Please note this story was updated on Jan. 2 from a previous version posted on Dec. 27.       Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez has nominated Alejandro Sanchez to fill council Seat 4.      Sanchez, 40, is an associate at a commercial property group and serves on the Planning and Zoning Board.      “I am head and shoulders beyond the moon,” Sanchez said on Dec. 27 after the...

David Cabezas was looking at his fish tank one day and started imagining what the decorative fisherman who sat on top might catch.   That led to the idea for his first book, for young readers entitled, “Why the Fisherman Fished,” that is illustrated by Natia Gogiashvili.  Cabezas, 33, lives in the Regatta Pointe community in Miami Lakes.   He enjoys dining at Gaucho’s Gourmet Market in town,...