More than 3,500 people attended Miami Lakes Spring Fling and Easter Egg Hunt on April 19 at Veterans Park. Kids of all ages and sizes ran to get some of the 30,000 eggs filled with Smarties candy and fruit rolls.       Presented by the town’s Youth Activities Task Force, 44 volunteers helped run the event. Barbara Goleman Senior High School juniors Angie Gallardo and Samantha Dominguez appeared...

        The Cabrera family of Miami Lakes -- Jesus, Annette and daughters Lauren Grace, 10, at left, and Lily Joy, 5 -- returned to France in March for spring break. The family also visited that country in 2023.       The girls are holding a copy of their favorite community newspaper while posing for their father’s camera. This shot was taken in the inner courtyard of the Palais-Royal, a...

     During a break in the heavy spring rains on March 30, Pamela Brown stepped outside of her home in the Anchorage at Miami Lakes to get some air. She was struck by the rainbow that appeared above the Lakeside Corporate Center on the east bank of Graham Dairy Lake.      “You don’t usually see the full arc of the rainbow,” said Brown, a retired IT programmer who has lived in town for...

     Meet Sabrina Alonso, a new intern with The Miami Laker who joined the staff in March.      Sabrina, 16, is a sophomore at Miami Lakes Educational Center.      “It’s an excellent opportunity to expand my horizons and get reporting experience,” she said about the internship.      Sabrina lives in town with her parents Juve and Christina Alonso and...

    Alan Barrera of Homestead showed off his 1954 Oldsmobile at the Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure auto show on April 6.      His ride, that he estimated cost $30,000 to restore, is one of three in his collection.      “It’s good, it’s beautiful,” Barrera said of the show that brought crowds to Main Street. It was Barrera’s first time as a participant. “I love...