Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is offering free field trips for residents 55 years and above. The next field trip is scheduled for Tuesday, November 1, to the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens.Fairchild is one of the premier conservation and education-based gardens in the world, and is dedicated to exploring, explaining and conserving the world of tropical plants with one of the world’s greatest living collections of palms and...

Brent and Raquel Emundson announced the arrival of Jordan Riley Emundson at 3:30 a.m. on Monday, September 5. He weighed 7 pounds and measured 19 inches long. The parents and their first son, Gavin, are Miami Lakes residents as are the paternal grandparents, Arnold and Nell Emundson. The maternal grandparents are Maria and German Garcia.

Amelia Earhart, located at 401 East 65 Street in Hialeah, is hosting the Guajiro Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The festival will be held in the Bill Graham Barn Village and free parking is available by the East 7 Avenue entrance. The event will feature free pony rides and free Cuban coffee, barn tours, music, games, live performances, raffles, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks and educational...

His House Children’s Home (HHCH), with sponsor partners Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises,  and Azamara Club Cruises, will host its 13th annual “Imagine” Charity Gala which has been rescheduled for October 22, at 7 p.m. at The JW Marriott Marquis Miami, 225 Biscayne Blvd. Way in Miami. The Master of Ceremony is Myriam Masihy, 7-time Emmy Award Winning Investigative Reporter at Telemundo 51 and NBC 6...

Miami Lakes residents have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Pumpkin Patch located at Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, 14800 N.W. 67 Avenue on the corner of Miami Lakes Drive and Ludlum Road. Two and a half truckloads of pumpkins are coming this year and the Patch is open every day. Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins!: One truckload came in on Wednesday, October 5, one is due on Friday, October 14 and another half load comes Friday,...