Students from ages 12 to 18 participating in the Miami Lakes Optimist Club sports program have until  Wednesday, October 15 to apply for the Roland Gomez Scholarship Award. A male and female winner will be announced in November, when they will each be awarded a $1,000 scholarship for their college education expenses. Participants must be a member of the Optimist Club for at least three years and demonstrated excellence in...

  Miami Lakes Branch Library announced it will have new hours of operation beginning Monday, October 6. The branch, located at 6699 Windmill Gate Road, will be open Monday and Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The branch will be closed on Sundays.  The following programs are available for the public during October: For Children and families: Saturday Matinee at the Library –...

  The Town of Miami Lakes has declared October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, going pink for 31 days to bring awareness to a disease that has taken the lives of many women each year. At a regular Town Council meeting last month, councilmembers approved Mayor Wayne Slaton and Councilmember Nelson Rodriguez’s request to proclaim October as the month to help women prevent breast cancer by encouraging them to get a screening. A...

  The community is invited to attend a Miami Lakes Town Hall meeting on the Greenways and Trails Master Plan at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7, in the Council Chambers at the Government Center, 6601 Main Street. The plan will be presented by Tony Lopez, director of Community and Leisure Services. Miami Lakes received grant funding through the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to develop a Greenways and Trails Master...

  Miami Lakes’ Youth Activities Task Force (YATF) is now hosting Barefoot Board Gaming, a free casual board game night, that is being held every other Friday of each month running from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Mary Collins Community Center, 115151 N.W. 82 Avenue. The next Barefoot Board Gaming event will be on Friday, October 10. Barefoot Board Gaming is a friendly environment that encourages social interaction in a non-digital format...