Miami Lakes Garden Club marked its 50th anniversary on March 7 during with a dinner celebration at Italy Today on Main Street. The club was founded in 1965, one of the first to be created in the fledgling Miami Lakes community which opened in 1962. Members of the Garden Club have completed many projects in and around Miami Lakes over the years, including tree plantings, butterfly gardens, school projects and landscaping projects. They...

  The Graham Companies and Senator Bob and Adele Graham presented a combined contribution of $2,500 to the Bobcat Law Society of Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) to help the students meet their fundraising goals to attend the “We the People” national competition. The students, all members of BGEC’s Civic Engagement Academy (CEA), were named State Champions at the recent Florida competition. They now move on to...

  Miami-Dade County’s Northwest 87th Avenue expansion and roadway improvement project has been delayed after construction workers spotted two American Bald Eagles and a nest in a tree located near the unincorporated community of Palm Springs North at approximately N.W. 181 Street. The county’s Public Works Department informed Vice Chair of the Miami-Dade Commission Esteban Bovo, Jr. that workers were forced to stop the work...

 

Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force continues the free Movies in the Park series featuring blockbuster films every other Friday evening through March. Showtime is 8 p.m. at Miami Lakes Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. Attendees are encouraged to bring their appetites as there will be a variety of food trucks on site. The final Movies in the Park feature is “Finding Nemo” on Friday, March 27.

  When Michael Barcelo was diagnosed with Leukemia when he was 3 years-old, his friends and classmates at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School rallied to his aid and helped raise money for people who were stricken with the deadly disease. Throughout the years, the same group of high-school students who now attend Monsignor Pace High and Our Lady of the Lourdes Academy, are still collecting money for a worthy cause and participating in...