Sofia Palomino, 11, was the winner of the Bookmark Design contest for the Miami Lakes Branch Library. She was also the grand prize winner for the county overall in the ages 9 to 12 category. She competed with children from across the county to have her design featured on bookmarks that will be distributed at all branches, and featured on the library’s website.

 

Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School’s L’il Cheetahs are pictured enjoying a new playground thanks to the generosity of the school’s Give Miami Day donors. Pictured are (bottom, from left) Nicolas Mendez, Sebastian Perez, Christian Encinosa, Adrian Ochoa, Sofia Arguedas and David Barcena; (top, from left) Nicolas Ochoa, Talyah Limousin, Ava Hernandez, Valerie Valle and Lola Ygarza.

  Miami Lakes area houses of worship have announced a variety of special holiday religious services and events. Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, 6600 Miami Lakeway North, has set the following mass schedule for Christmas and the New Year: Christmas Eve, Thursday Dec. 2 - 7 a.m. in Spanish, 8:30 a.m. in English, 4:30 p.m. Festival of Carols, 5 p.m. in English, 11:30 p.m Festival of Carols, and Midnight Bilingual. Christmas Day,...

  On December 5, 2000, Miami Lakes became Miami-Dade’s 31st city following nearly a decade-long campaign to bring a government closer to home to adequately and rapidly address local issues to reflect the quality living standards that made the original community, created by The Graham Companies, the model for residential and commercial development throughout the United States. On Saturday, December 19, 2015, lawmakers, residents...

 

Ribbon-cutting ceremony which officially opened Miami Lakes’ new Youth Center, “The Spot,” featured town officials including Mayor Michael Pizzi, Councilmembers Tony Lama, Manny Cid, Ceasar Mestre and Frank Mingo, along with Town Manager Alex Rey. The state-of-the-art facility celebrated its first “Open Hang Night” on December 2 which attracted a large group of Miami Lakes youth.