Florida International University president Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg will be the guest speaker for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s monthly membership luncheon, scheduled for Wednesday, June 10, inside the Grand Ballroom at Don Shula’s Hotel on Main Street. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. with networking, and lunch will be served at 12 noon. Rosenberg is the first FIU faculty member to ascend to the university’s...

  During June, riders on the free Miami Lakes Moover will receive a special discount card to use at Einstein Bros Bagels, 7970 N.W. 154 Street. The giveaway is part of a new opportunity the Town is offering to local businesses to promote their products and services to Moover bus riders. Each month, the Town, in partnership with a local business, will offer riders a coupon or frequent user card for a free or discounted item or service....

  On Saturday, May 9, family, friends and all who were touched by the life of 11-year-old Breanna Vergara joined together at the southwest corner of Royal Oaks Park to honor Vergara with a tree planting ceremony in her name. Vergara unexpectedly passed on December 9, 2014, due to a heart attack during dance practice.  “This event was very special to us and there are no words to convey our gratitude for our friends and the...

  Back by popular demand, The Main Street Players presents the return of last year’s surprise hit, "Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight : A Comedy In Three Beds.” This bawdy, hilarious and risqué sex farce will be presented as a play reading on Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13 at 8 p.m. at the Main Street Playhouse located at 6766 Main Street.  In the heat of lovemaking, an ethnic slur is uttered,...

 

Miami Lakes resident Maribel Balbin was elected as second vice president of the League of Women Voters of Florida during the organization’s 35th Biennial Convention in Delray Beach in mid-May. She is president of the League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade County. Former Palm Beach County League president Pamela Goodman was elected president of the Florida League.