Catholic Hospice, located in Miami Lakes, has been selected as one of 140 hospices nationwide to participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, announced recently by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. The model aims to increase choice and quality by enabling individuals to receive palliative and curative care concurrently. The model provides Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for coverage under the Medicare...

  The residents of Country Club of Miami care about their community. When the neighborhood’s homeowners association initiated a clean-up project, their County Commissioner Barbara Jordan, the local Boy Scouts and the Greater Miami Service Corps, joined the initiative, getting dirty, grabbing rakes, shovels and other cleaning tools to spruce up the area on two Saturdays last month. Now, the neighborhood looks “great.”...

  Miami Lakes’ Elderly Affairs Committee and the Youth Activities Task Force are bringing the community together as they jointly present a family event – the first annual Town of Miami Lakes Health & Fitness Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 29, at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. All Miami Lakes families are invited to attend this FREE event. Over 40 local health and wellness...

  Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force will be accepting “audition videos” until August 26 for the 6th Annual Miami Lakes Rocks! Music Festival to be held at Miami Lakes Optimist Park on Saturday, September 19. The event was created to provide an avenue of artistic expression to the town’s youth, promoting cultural and community spirit, and will feature talented young singers, musicians and bands. “Audition...

  Miami Lakes canines and their owners have been eagerly wagging their tails awaiting the opening of the planned Miami Lakes off-leash dog recreation area to be located at 14048 Palmetto Frontage Road (N.W. 77 Court), scheduled to be opened in early 2016. In anticipation of the opening, the Town is sponsoring a contest to select a name for the new recreation area. Entries can be emailed to Jackie Calzadilla at...