With many elders needing help getting food during the pandemic, Miami Lakers have come together for them. Always at Your Side Adult Day Care has partnered with the town’s Elderly Affairs Committee, Vicky Bakery and Hialeah human services organization S.T.E.P.S. in the Right Direction to provide food to those who are most frail and are without loved ones to care for them. Miami-Dade County ordered adult day cares closed by April 3,...

HistoryLake Katharine and Lake Katharine Villas comprise a lakefront community on the east side of Miami Lakes. The villas have 84 townhomes built in the early 1970s and the community has 133 single-family houses that went up a decade earlier.The town’s second oldest community hugs a 29-acre lake that is shaped like a jigsaw puzzle piece. It was built by the Sengra Corporation (later The Graham Companies).It is bordered by Miami Lakes Drive,...

An employee at the Publix supermarket in Miami Lakes has tested positive for the coronavirus.“We can confirm that we have an associate who works at store # 1129, 15000 Miami Lakes Drive East in Miami Lakes, has tested positive for COVID-19,” Maria Brous, Publix director of communications said in a statement Monday.Brous did not say where in the store the employee may have worked or when he or she received test results.Supermarkets are...

These adorable Holstein dairy cows are doing what they do, huddling together in their Miami Lakes pasture. But this herd is not practicing social distancing! The Centers for Disease Control and Protection says that to stop the spread of COVID-19, we should avoid crowds and keep at least six feet between us. We should also wash our hands often, stay home as much as possible and disinfect surfaces and TV remote controls, cellphones, door...

For the third time since its incorporation 20 years ago, the town of Miami Lakes is a finalist for the National Civic League’s All-America City Award. The league recognized 22 finalists, including the city of Miami Gardens, for practices that enhance the health and well-being of residents through civic engagement. The league had planned for finalists to travel to Denver in June to make presentations. But after surveying finalists,...