Last fall the Miami Lakes Town Council recognized the work of the volunteers on the Mental Health Task Force and the Veterans Committee, and proclaimed September as Suicide Awareness Month.       During a council meeting, Frank Indiero, Sr. shared how his son Frank “Frankie” Indiero, Jr. took his life in 2019 when he was 19.       A crepe myrtle tree and a plaque...

     The Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame inducted two coaches and two former professional athletes in its Class of 2023 on Dec. 9.      The late Bill Arnsparger led college football teams and was athletic director at the University of Florida. A Miami Laker, he was a defensive coordinator in the NFL and credited with the No Name Defense. He was on the coaching staffs for the 1972 and 1973 Super Bowl...

    A celebration of the life of Joan Oliver will be held Jan. 27 at United Methodist Church in Miami Lakes.     Oliver, 94, died of natural causes at her Miami Lakes home on Dec. 27, her husband Dave Oliver said.      Joan was a founding member and first secretary of the Miami Lakes Women’s Golf Association, a junior master duplicate bridge tournament player and on her mother’s side, a...

     Kiwi is a Goldendoodle who lives on the west side of Miami Lakes with Tatiana Alvarez and her husband, Kevin Abraham.      Among the 1-year-old pup’s most enjoyable pastimes: weekend trips aboard the Freebee to Main Street and visits to Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming, where she can get treats.     “She’s very playful,” Alvarez said. “Playing catch and cuddling...

     He may be a lame duck mayor, but Manny Cid drew more than 80 owners of businesses large and small, bankers, educators and real estate executives who filled a ballroom at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main to hear what he had to say.      Cid has led the town council for eight years and served on it for 12 years. He is running for mayor of Miami-Dade County and said it needs “someone focused on being the...