The family-friendly Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure show and fundraiser returns for an 8th year on April 7.      That’s when over 250 cars and trucks – from antique to muscle and everything in between -- will take over the streets of downtown in a free exhibition on that Sunday afternoon.     Organizers said the event draws as many as 5,000 spectators.      After picking out your...

Anushay Malik  Events specialist, Miami Dade College Hialeah Campus,  Miami Gardens “Yes, I do [feel safe],” Anushay Malik said.  “Honking a couple of times, but nothing else. I feel safe.”  Johana Hernandez Client Advisor Seacoast Bank, Hialeah       “I do not, not at all,” Johana Hernandez said.  “[I...

     Performers from the Miami Jackson Art Professionals directed by Eric Jenkins brought a Motown Revue to the Miami Lakes Middle School on Feb. 17 to celebrate Black History Month. At right is Levar Leath, who impersonated James Brown, Cultural Affairs Committee chair Felicia Salazar said. Other artists sang as The Temptations, Michael Jackson and Tina Turner.       Shown in the photo, from left are...

     The Neighborhood Improvement Committee held one of its community bicycle rides around town.      The theme on Feb. 10 was Mardi Gras. Riders celebrated by wearing beaded necklaces, glow in the dark necklaces and feathered masks. Committee members wore their navy logo shirts.      Riders departed from the Miami Lakes Youth Center and Miami-Dade Police officers from the town district...

      Copper, 5, a Golden Retriever who lives in Miami Lakes with her owner Clyde Pfleegor, poses in profile on the lawn near the Miami Lakes Athletic Club. She is Pfleegor’s second Golden Retriever. Pfleegor said a friend told him the best way to stop mourning his first Golden after it had died was to get another one right away.      “I would never get another breed,” Pfleegor said....