Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Manny Cid is hoping his town will join New York City in mandating a 25 miles per hour speed limit on residential streets. Lawmakers in the Big Apple approved the lower speed limit that takes effect on November 7. “I have received many emails from residents concerned with speeding on residential roads,” said Cid. “My collegues and I have been working on reducing the residential speed limit from...

  During October and November, U.S. Century Bank has teamed up with the Miami Lakes Bar Association to provide a series of educational breakfasts, luncheons and networking events. The series kicked off on October 17 with a judicial update by Judge Monica Gordo of the 11th Judicial Circuit. U.S. Century Bank’s CEO Carlos Davila gave the keynote address and expressed the bank’s commitment to support Miami Lakes’ growing...

  Madison Fernandez, a Miami Lakes resident and second grade student at Immaculate Conception Catholic School, recently celebrated her 8th birthday by asking all who attended her birthday party to bring clothing donations for Sunil's Orphanage in India. All of Madison's peers and their siblings were invited to the party which took place at Monsignor Edward Pace High School. Apart from the second graders at Immaculate, Miami Lakes...

  The 35th annual Miami Lakes Veterans Day Parade will take place on Sunday, November 9, beginning promptly at 10 a.m. The parade will begin at the corner of Bull Run Road and Ludlam Road (N.W. 67 Avenue) and will head south on Ludlam Road. Spectator grandstands will be located at Main Street and Ludlam Road. The parade will turn east on Eagle Nest Road and proceed north to Main Street and then turn west to the Miami Lakes Government...

  Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. (District 13) presented a Harvest Festival on Sunday, November 2, to kick off the weekly Farmers Market at Amelia Earhart Park. The event featured vendors selling fresh produce, plants, herbs and other local foods, as well as live entertainment, games, contests, free pony rides, a petting zoo and animal adoptions. The new Farmers Market will be held every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at...