The Graham Companies and Main Street Merchants are inviting South Floridians to join them for the 32nd annual Main Street Festival of Lights from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, November 26.Every holiday season, Main Street becomes a magical place to make memories with family, friends and loved ones experiencing a series of holiday-themed activities along the two blocks of Miami Lakes’ downtown.Visitors are urged to arrive early before the...

At 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes sits The Main Street Playhouse, the town’s cultural gem. Open through various incarnations and locations for over 40 years, the playhouse has long been a familiar sight for the locals and visitors alike but under the direction of Clara and Dennis Lyzniak, the theatre grew to take on amazing talent and screenplays. After decades of work billed as a community theatre, the Main Street Players has decided...

Miami Lakes received a grant from the South Florida Water Management Department’s  Cooperative Funding Program in the amount of $125,000 in an extremely competitive proposal process in which only 31 proposals from 94 applicants were funded.The funding will supplement the Miami Lakes Lake Sarah Drainage Improvements Project located between Miami Lakeway South, State Road 924, Palmetto Expressway and N.W. 67 Avenue in the southeast...

Miami Lakes Veterans Committee is asking residents to assist in “Operation: Care and Comfort” to complete its mission to send care packages overseas to U.S. troops. Donations such as non-perishable foods, snacks, and treats, personal hygiene accessories and toiletries, batteries, socks, hand towels, notebooks and pens can be dropped off at the first floor reception desk at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street,Items donated by November 11...

Miami Lakes resident and business owner Lourdes Corvo, the Walk Chair for the Miami Dade Walk to End Alzheimer’s, is encouraging community members to participate in the walk at Museum Park, 1075 Biscayne Blvd, in downtown Miami on November 5 at 8:30 a.m.The 2.5 mile walk raises funds needed to find a cure for Alzheimer’s. Those who walk or donate will help the Alzheimer’s Association which is the third largest provider in...