Halloween is a special time of year for children who enjoy dressing up as their favorite character or super hero. Although the holiday can be spooky fun for everyone, there are some tips children and parents need to know to stay safe.  • Young children should be accompanied by an adult while trick-or-treating. • Older children should be given a designated route to follow while trick-or-treating. • A curfew should...

  The Miami Lakes Garden Club will host an evening with speaker Ginny Stibolt on Monday, October 22 at 7 p.m. at the Optimist Club House at 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The event will be free and open to the general public. The presentation will be an informational how-to on building a yard or garden with plants from the Florida native landscape. The 40-minute speech will answer questions concerning how to replace a yard with exotic plants...

  Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School will be participating in the 2018 Miami Foundation’s Give Miami Day, which happens from midnight on Wednesday, November 14 until midnight on Thursday, November 15. The event will help the school raise funds to cover the costs of police and security personnel presence at the school, and install new air conditioning units for the gym and cafetorium. To make a pledge to donate funds to the...

  Miami Lakes Youth Center will be hosting several fun and exciting programs for middle and high school students at “The Spot” from 6 to 8 p.m. during October at 6075 Miami Lakes Drive. Friday, October 12 - Open Mic Night. Love singing, sharing poetry, or just being the comedian in your group? Bring your friends for a “coffee house style” Open Mic Night that will be filled with laughter, joy and sweets....

  In honor of National Hispanic Month, Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee will present “Que Rico Es!” National Hispanic Celebration from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, October 20, at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. A special presentation on the history of Cuban soda will be given by Marcel van Hemert, heir to the Cawy Bottling Company. Cawy is a soda beverage company founded in Cuba in 1948 and nationalized after the Cuban...