Members of the Miami Lakes Town Council and young members of the Just Run Miami Lakes program joined in the Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis Walk on April 25 at Graham Park in Miami Lakes. The Just Run program participants, elementary and middle school students, ages 5 through 14, were excited to participate in a great opportunity to get involved with a great cause and take part in a healthy activity. The program, made possible through...

  Wounded United States veterans who are enduring rigorous rehabilitation in Germany will soon receive special gifts, which were made 4,884 miles away by a group of Miami Lakes residents simply saying thanks for serving their country.The Miami Lakes Quilters Club created a host of patriotic-designed blankets to help lift the soldiers’ spirits before they return home to a warm and hero’s welcome.    The group meets...

  Despite an entreaty from many residents to take the case to the Florida Supreme Court to keep his job, Miami Lakes Mayor Wayne Slaton and the town decided to end the long-running legal dispute over who should be the city’s rightful mayor. Flanked by councilmembers and town staff during a news conference two weeks ago at Town Hall, Slaton said he and Miami Lakes will not appeal the Florida Third District Court of...

 

Members of the Miami Lakes Spanish Class I joined their teacher, Maria Del Carmen Nodarse (far right) in celebrating Cinco de Mayo at the Mary Collins Community Center. Pictured (front, from left) Lynn Cole, Mindy McDaniel, and Bruce Davidson; (back, from left) Hector Vincent, Janet Gorlow, Debbie Hobbs, Bill Heinig, Jeff Small and Enid Lomax. (Not pictured: Asghar Aghaabdollah.)

  Miami Lakes and its Public Safety Committee recognized the exceptional service of police officers, firefighters and paramedics on May 2 during Public Safety Appreciation Day at the Mary Collins Community Center.Councilmembers including Mayor Michael Pizzi, Nelson Rodriguez, Tim Daubert, Ceasar Mestre and Frank Mingo, along with members of the Public Safety Committee, joined police and fire personnel and their families for a delicious...