His House Children’s Home is holding foster parent training days on Saturdays, July 22, 29, and Saturday, August 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 20000 N.W. 47 Avenue in Miami Gardens. Foster care parents receive daycare, medical and dental care, and a monthly subsidy to assist with the care of every child. In Broward County alone over 150 children enter into the foster care system on a monthly basis. Answer the call to become a...

Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee will host the 14th annual Fourth of July Concert and Fireworks Show on Tuesday, July 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.The fun-filled event for the whole family will feature live entertainment, food trucks, and more, followed by the spectacular fireworks presentation.Sponsored by The Graham Companies, headliner for this year’s concert is South...

At the June 6 Town Council meeting, council members gave their unanimous final approval to amend the town’s future land use map, plat and site plans, and rezoning plans to make way for a 220-unit age-restricted Senior Housing Village adult community along with an Assisted Living Facility and Skilled Nursing Facility in partnership with Miami Jewish Health Systems. Lawmakers gave The Graham Companies the green light to build the...

Haydee Sera, a past president of the Miami Lakes Bar Association, was recently recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 attorney by the Hispanic National Bar Association.Sera, an associate at the law firm of Weiss, Serota, and Bierman, was honored during the annual Corporate Counsel Conference at the InterContinental Miami.The three-day program included hundreds of attorneys, judges and law students and featured Continuing Legal Education panels on...

When Miami Lakes resident Ellica Quintero, age 11, served as Mayor for the Day, she was given an opportunity to propose a new Town event.The Youth Activities Task Force adopted her proposal and the Town’s first official Ice Cream Social event to celebrate National Ice Cream Month will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.Quintero, a straight A student at Our Lady of...