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....

     Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid presented a key to the town to Sabrina Seferlis on Feb. 13. She owned Gerardo’s Marketplace on Bull Run Road in Miami Lakes with her late husband Gerardo Seferlis. Sabrina and the couple’s daughter Gabriella kept the business going after Gerardo’s death in 2022 but closed it in December after 25 years in the community. Mourners who attended a celebration of Gerardo’s life...

     The Town of Miami Lakes honored the Main Street Players and its half century of producing live theater. Mayor Manny Cid and the town council presented the theater board with a proclamation on Feb. 13 to mark their success in Miami Lakes. Cid called the theater a jewel in the community and praising its award-winning shows, community outreach and work with children. “We stand here very grateful and very proud that we...