Boys and girls can register for the Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s 2014 baseball and softball season on three consecutive Saturdays, starting January 4 and continuing on January 11 and 18. The registration will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North. Registration fee is $140 and participants must bring copies of their birth certificates. Opening night is scheduled at 6 p.m. on...

  Looking to get fit in the New Year! Then look to Miami Lakes Congregational Church to “Enhance Fitness.” This is a group exercise class led by a certified instructor that improves balance, flexibility, bone density, endurance, coordination, mental sharpness and reduces the risk of falling. The group is for persons aged 55 years and older. Class times are Monday and Thursday from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m., and Friday from 10:45 to...

  Dennis Lyzniak from the Main Street Players theatre group was honored recently with the Remy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Community Theatre. He was recognized for his many and varied contributions to Main Street Players as a grant writer, children’s camp coordinator, technical director, producer, master carpenter, playhouse manager, and whatever other particular need the theatre has at any given moment. Lyzniak’s...

  Kids who want to play flag football for the Miami Lakes Optimist Club have two chances left to register on   Saturday, December 21, and Saturday, December 28, from 10 a.m. to noon in front of Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North.  Parents can also register their children online at www.miaflag.com. The registration fee is $100 for in-person registration and $110 to register online. The league is open to boys...

  Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. visited M-D Fire Station #1 in Miami Lakes on December 2 as part of his “Working for You” campaign. Bovo toured the facility with Chief Fire Officer Felipe Osaba, helped answer emergency calls, and joined firefighters in responding to several incidents, including a rolled over car on the Palmetto Expressway and a tragic shooting in the Opa-locka area. “After spending a...