The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to the Town of Miami Lakes by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States for its comprehensive annual financial report for fiscal year 2011-2012. The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant...

  The Main Street Players theatre troupe will debut its latest production Secrets of the La Croix on Friday, April 25, at 8 p.m.at the playhouse located at 6766 Main Street. Award winning author and Carbonell nominee David Michael Sirois’ play is about a day in the life of Roger La Croix…that day being the worst Thanksgiving of his life.  The day begins with a broken television that keeps Roger from watching the big...

  Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is hosting a live healthy cooking demonstration on Saturday, April 26. The presentation will be provided by a Healthy Living Meals representative. The presentation takes place from 11 a.m. to noon at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 Montrose Road (N.W. 82 Avenue). The event is free and open to the public. A complimentary healthy lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Special...

  They call it “Geezer Ball.” A group of senior citizens, of various ages, shapes and talent levels, have been playing softball at 9 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday at Miami Lakes Optimist Park for almost five years. The group includes an unusual bunch of characters including the oldest player, Angel Sosa, a Celebration Point resident who turns 82 on October 1. And there’s Mariano Fernandez who would not say a word...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s SPE SALVI facti sumus group, students with documented disabilities receiving Catholic education to attain a special diploma, received very exciting news in the mail: A dedicated letter from President Obama. The students, under the guidance of their teacher Jorge Rodriguez-Miralles, wrote letters to President Obama congratulating him on President’s Day and in celebration of Black History...