Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force hosted a Family Fishing Clinic at the Miami Lakes Marina on April 5. The free clinic taught the basics of environmental stewardship, fishing ethics, angling skills and safety. Fishing equipment and bait were provided and participants had the opportunity to practice their fishing skills. Lakes Orthodontics donated fishing rods for the program.

  Miami-Dade County Animal Services, The Humane Society of Greater Miami, The Cat Network and Miami-Dade Count Parks have teamed up to host a 12-hour Mega Pet Adoption Event from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at the Tropical Park Equestrian Center, 7900 S.W. 40 Street. The event offers potential pet adopters the opportunity to meet their perfect pet and enjoy fun activities for the whole family. Hundreds of homeless cats and...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club is holding its summer basketball registration for boys and girls on consecutive Saturdays, April 19 and 26, from 9:30 to noon at Miami Lakes Middle School. Registration cost is $145 for each player from ages 11-18. The season starts Monday, June 9. Games will be played at Barbara Goleman High School and Hialeah Gardens Senior High School. Parents must bring their kids to the registration along with their...

  Youth Arts Day & Music Fest 2014 with the theme Dance! Draw! Dream! is a community collaboration celebrating  creativity, youth artists and diversity while creating awareness of Miami-Dade County’s rich cultural resources. The collaboration is a three-week long visual and literary art exhibition which opens with a day long series of youth performances and art from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the Deering...

  In an effort to restart and finish construction of the Youth Center building at Miami Lakes Picnic Park East, the previous contractor’s surety company has offered the Town of Miami Lakes $726,000 to finish building the facility more than a year after construction abruptly stopped because the company’s work was not up to the town’s standards. At the April 8 Town Council meeting, councilmembers approved a resolution to...