Miami Lakes will host a Contractor Certification Class, presented by Ygrene Energy Fund, from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday, March 26, at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. The free class is open to both commercial and residential contractors. Miami Lakes Town Council voted to join the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program during its December meeting. The PACE program provides upfront financing for energy conservation and efficiency...

  Town of Miami Lakes Landscape Superintendent Guillermo Salazar will be the guest speaker at the Miami Lakes Garden Club’s monthly membership meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 23, at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. The meeting is open to Garden Club members, their guests and local residents. In addition to his municipal responsibilities, Salazar is a private landscape designer and consultant and adjunct...

  The Florida Department of Transportation has scheduled a community meeting for 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 28, at the Country Club of Miami, 6801 N.W. 186 Street, to give property owners and interested parties an opportunity to learn more about the agency’s proposed improvement plans on I-75. According to the plans, contractors will continue building the new express lanes within the median from N.W. 170 Street to Miramar Parkway....

  Town of Miami Lakes announced it is one of nine drop off sites for the Read to Learn Books for Free Program. Read to Learn Books for Free is part of a larger Read to Learn initiative launched by The Children’s Trust and the Center for Writing and Literature at Miami Dade College to increase the number of third graders who read at or above grade level. Reading at grade level by the third grade is the leading indicator of school...

  Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is inviting all cowgirls and cowboys to the Country Western Senior Social scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, at the Roberto Alonso Community Center at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue. The free event will feature a barbecue catered lunch, great raffe items, entertainment and dancing. No reservations are necessary, entry will be available on a first-come, first-served basic. Those...