One of Miami Lakes’ biggest events is The Spring Fling -- when a helicopter drops candy-filled eggs to kids waiting in Picnic Park West, among other Easter-themed activities. The Fling was canceled this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. So instead, multiple volunteers dressed in Easter Bunny costumes on April 11 to bring candy and smiles to kids in town. Volunteers, town employees and members of the Miami Lakes Youth...

Living during the coronavirus outbreak is stressful, and Erika Pablos-Velez, Psy.D, says she is seeing the strains from uncertainty about the future embodied in her patients. “There is no training for this type of situation,” said Pablos-Velez, shown in the photo above. She is a psychologist with a practice in Miami Lakes. Most of her clients used to look forward to therapy sessions to unwind and release tension. But having...

Because of the coronavirus outbreak, the town has postponed programming at community centers. Instead, the town is offering daily classes on Zoom.us. To take a class, go to: www.zoom.us, click ‘join a meeting’ and type the appropriate Meeting ID: You can get Meeting IDs and passwords by emailing recprograms@miamilakes-fl.gov or by calling Kristina Labossiere at 786-519-0604. Online class scheduleMonday11 a.m. Restorative...

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,...