KinderCare of Miami Lakes will host a Community Social from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, at 8001 Oak Lane in Business Park West. The back-to-school event will feature tours for prospective parents to see the recently refreshed school, and an opportunity to meet the center’s teachers who will have activities going on in each of the classrooms from KinderCare’s advanced curriculum for all ages from Infants through...

  The Town of Miami Lakes and its Youth Activities Task Force, along with local businesses and organizations, have partnered with Girl Scouts Chloe Schwinghammer and Emily Wong from Troop 248 to host a Fit Fair for the community from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, at Miami Lakes Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. The Fit Fair, created by the two girls as a Girl Scout Silver Award project, is intended to reduce obesity by...

  Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee is hosting Summerfest 2014, an evening of classical music starting at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 2, at Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, 14800 N.W. 67 Avenue. The cultural event is free to all residents and their guests. Each year, the Symphony of the America’s internationally renowned Summerfest hosts an international acclaimed foreign chamber orchestra joined by Symphony musicians for...

  In recognition of Lake Quality Awareness Month, Miami Lakes’ Neighborhood Improvement Committee (NIC) will hold a kickoff event at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 2, at Graham Park/Meadow Walk Park, 6800 N.W. Meadow Walk.  Residents are encouraged to bring their family, friends and neighbors to enjoy an educational event in one of the town’s best parks, and learn about one of Miami Lakes’ most important treasures....

  Miami Lakes area residents can take advantage of Florida’s Sales Tax Holiday to purchase school supplies and clothes tax free for the upcoming school year, from Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 3. The tax free items include clothing, footwear, certain clothing accessories, notebooks, notebook paper, tablets, folders, pencils, pens, sharpeners, calculators, rulers, crayons, markers and staplers.  For a number of years, the...