The Miami Lakes Town Foundation has awarded $18,605 in 12 grants to local schools and a non-profit to support education and foster community.       The money comes from the annual Miami Lakes Food & Wine Festival, which will be held Feb. 1, 2025.  The winners are:  •  $1,750 Julio Echemendia, assistant principal, Hialeah- Miami Lakes Adult Community Education Center. For...

     Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Coote wanted to honor Miami Lakes during his speech at the 45th Annual Veterans Day Parade.       Coote, chosen by the Miami Lakes Veterans Committee to be grand marshal, is also a former chair of the committee.       “I found my home and my friends not where I left them in the wooded lands of rural New Hampshire, but rather 1,500 miles...

Mario O. Pinera III  Miami Dade College  Student  Miami Lakes       “Yes, I am ready for the holidays,” Mario O. Pinera III said. “[I’m hoping] it’s going to be a cold holiday. That’s what we need. Holidays are around the corner. I get to spend more time with family, school is going to be out and [I’ll get] to see my cousins.”  Chanel...

  The Graham Companies is accepting new, unwrapped toys to benefit children in the Miami Lakes area, to be distributed by the Neighbors 4 Neighbors and Giving Gators organizations.      Toys may be dropped off at company headquarters, 6843 Main St. in Miami Lakes, Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.      Merchants on Main Street may also be participating - look for collection...

    This is Bella! A proud mother of 9 puppies that are growing up in the area, she is a 5-year-old Goldendoodle who lives with Javier and Odalis Felciano in Miami Lakes.      Bella has many talents, the couple reports.      She is a champion wrangler of iguanas.       “She brings them and drops them, and we’ll pick them up,” Javier Feliciano said....