Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is offering a free field trip for Town residents 55 years and above on Saturday, March 12, to the Sinatra exhibit at the HistoryMiami Museum. In celebration of Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday, HistoryMiami Museum is featuring “Sinatra: An American Icon,” a multi-media exhibition exploring the life of the multiple Grammy Award winner. The exhibition, curated by the Grammy Museum in...

  Miami Dade County Commission Vice Chairman Esteban Bovo Jr., Florida State Senator Rene Garcia, and Miami Dade School Board Chairwoman Perla Tabares Hantman, along with the Palm Springs North Civic Association, are sponsoring the annual Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday, March 19, at Norman and Jean Reach Park, 7901 N.W. 176 Street. The free event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It includes an Easter Egg Hunt, taking pictures with the...

  Retired U.S. Senator Bob Graham recently invited a group of landscape architecture students from the University of Florida on a tour of Miami Lakes, a community that was once a dairy farm before his family developed the area into an award-winning project of residential, commercial and industrial developments.  The tour was part of the students’ three-day field trip in Florida, where they visited several architecture firms...

  Main Street Merchants and The Graham Companies will host a special exhibit showcasing the winning artwork and special presentations for the overall winners of the 2016 Main Street Banner Art Contest from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, at 6701 Main Street. With over 200 submissions, only 26 pieces were able to be selected to be showcased on the light poles along Main Street. They will be on display through June so community...

  The Zonta Club of Miami Lakes held its January meeting that traditionally honors Amelia Earhart, one of Zonta’s founding members. The event was held at Amelia’s namesake park in Hialeah.  The club’s speaker was Irene Schwartz, a former Pan Am stewardess and currently the Miami chapter president of World Wings International, Inc. She spoke about some of the flying experiences during her time with the aviation...