The 41st Annual Veterans Day Parade in Miami Lakes will follow a new, 8.5 mile route through this year.  Because of the threat from Tropical Storm Depression Eta, the town has moved the event back a week, from its original date of Sunday, Nov. 8 to the new date, Sunday, Nov. 15. The parade has undergone changes, too, because of the coronavirus pandemic. A longer route will enable spectators to practice social...

It was Halloween Eve when members of the Elderly Affairs Committee donned costumes to give away more than 100 meals from Casavana Cuban Cuisine at the Windmill Gate Shopping Center to seniors in town. After the coronavirus shut down the committee’s weekly “bingo and lunch bunch” meetings, Committee Chair Dottie Wix organized weekly food distributions for those who can drive and pick up. Freebee delivered meals to those who are housebound....

Call it pandemic fashion, the face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors. Whether it’s a mask with Frankenstein, ghosts or the Miami Dolphins on the front, they help keep us safe. What kind of mask do you wear? Send a selfie to

LindaT@MiamiLaker.com.  Photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

History     Loch Andrews is a small community in the heart of Miami Lakes with just 98 townhomes; 77 have water views.     The Graham Companies developed the residential neighborhood in 1975 and named it for the historic St. Andrew’s golf course in Scotland.     It is shaped like a trapezoid, bordered by Fairway Drive on the south and encircled by Bedlington Road.       Loch Andrews is built around a lake, and some homes on the north side...

U.S. Marine Pfc. Bruce W. Carter was in a battle during the Vietnam War when a grenade landed near him and fellow Marines.      Carter used his body to shield the other men from the explosive and died in Quang Tri Province on Aug. 7, 1969.      Originally from the Village of Virginia Gardens, Carter was given military funeral honors when he was buried at Vista Memorial Gardens in Miami...