Please check town social media pages for the most up-to-date information. RSVP at TOML.Eventbrite.com.  Oct. 4 Hispanic Heritage Festival at Ana G. Mendez University. Open to all, enjoy music, dance, art and cuisine to learn about the school’s Hispanic and Latino students, faculty and community. 15201 NW 79th Court.  5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free. Oct. 5 Cosmos for a Cure. Chela’s Cocteleria will donate 50% of...

     Before she left town to attend the University of Alabama, Julianna Correa created Juli’s Library at Gigi’s Playhouse in Miami Lakes.      The Barbara Goleman Senior High School graduate welcomed volunteers on Aug. 9 to see books they helped create for the center’s members who have Down syndrome.      The books are the result of a literacy program Correa created for her...

  The Helping Hands column focuses on the town’s 12 volunteer committees and boards that promote various causes in Miami Lakes and help the town government serve the community.  Committee activities are funded by the town budget and by ticket sales from some events. Committee Youth Activities Task Force    Founded April 21, 2001 Chair Brian Rodriguez Vice Chair Maurits Acosta    Secretary...

     October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Miami Lakes Athletic Club will have several events to raise donations for the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative.      The Miami Lakes non-profit promotes disease prevention and patient education.      Nine classes  -- from Spin & Sculpt to Yoga to a Silver Sneakers circuit and more -- will be offered and listed on the...

     Four generations of a Miami Lakes family celebrated the opening of BB’s Bakehouse during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Main Street.      BB’s Bakehouse co-owners Jorge Berrios and his wife Monica Munoz welcomed guests to the light-filled cafe that is tucked between Pizza Scene and the forthcoming La Cumbancha restaurant.       Berrios, 32, is an electrical engineer who...