The Town of Miami Lakes may finally get its own zip code.The Town Council, led by Councilmember Manny Cid, has continued to fight for the past three years with the U.S. Postal Service for a Zip Code that is unique to Miami Lakes.U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart added the Miami Lakes Zip Code language to the Postal Service Reform Act of 2016 requiring the U.S. Postal Service to designate an independent zip code no later than September 30,...

Miami Lakes Branch Library announced the following programs are available for the public during August: For Children and Families:On Your Mark, Get Set...Read: Movie Screenings – Beat the heat with a  family friendly film. Featured title is “Zootopia.” Event is sponsored by the Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 6. On Your Mark, Get Set...Read: Library Olympics – Join for a variety...

Long before Sabrina Gonzalez won The Miami Herald’s 2016 Sliver Knight in the Vocational Technical category for Miami-Dade in May, the former Mater Lakes Academy student was part of the school’s Early Childhood Education program where she grew fond of a special student.Adrian was stricken with autism and a student of Cub Academy, an on-site pre-school for what is part of the early childhood curriculum, when Gonzalez met him and...

The Beacon Council, through JPMorgan Chase, recently contributed $30,000 to Miami-Dade College’s Idea Center to be used to create Webdev, a new course that allows participants to learn from the ground up on how to build responsive websites in eight weeks.The new class was launched on July 19.“By the year 2020, more than 60 percent of managerial positions will require coding as a skill,” said Idea Center’s executive...

Miami Lakes’ long-running Summerfest concert is back presenting its 25th Anniversary summer music festival at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 6. The free concert will be held at Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, 14800 N.W. 67 Avenue.The Summerfest Chamber Orchestra will feature musicians and soloists who have participated in the festival over the past 25 years, including members of the Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra of Austria, the Mission...