Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee announced it will host a Halloween Senior Social on Saturday, October 26. The free event will be held at the Royal Oaks Park Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will feature music, entertainment, raffles and lunch. The committee is also hosting a costume contest for the best female, best male and best couple outfits. Space is limited and reservations are required to...

  Senator Rene Garcia was presented with the Town of Miami Lakes Seal during his visit to Town Hall in late September. The entire council, along with Manager Alex Rey, provided Garcia with a tour of the newly designated LEED Gold Certified Government Center. Pictured (from left) Councilmembers Tim Daubert, Tony Lama, Nelson Hernandez, Garcia, Mayor Ceasar Mestre, Councilmember Nelson Rodriguez, Vice Mayor Manny Cid, and Rey.

  Miami Lakes resident and Boy Scout member Broderick Schwinghammer recently completed an Eagle Scout project at the neighborhood town park located at 7350 Sabal Drive. The concept of the project for a poetry park was an idea that Schwinghammer brought to the town. The goal was to improve the condition of the park and better the Miami Lakes community . As part of the project, an existing wall was opened to provide public access to the...

A well-known group of Miami Lakes residents hosted a fundraiser on September 25 to support Gwen Graham’s campaign for U.S. Congress representing Florida’s Congressional District 2 (FL-02). The candidate is the daughter of Senator Bob Graham and his wife, Adele, who were special guests for the event held at Shula’s Steak House on Miami Lakes Drive. The host committee included Robert and Kendall Elias, Arnold and Perla...

  “Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline,” headquartered at the Main Street Broadcast Center in Miami Lakes, broadcast from the annual International Consumer Electronics Trade Show in Berlin, Germany last month. The shows aired on September 21-22 and marked Graveline’s 10th broadcast from that venue. Pictured with Graveline (seated) are (from left) Carlos, Natalia and baby Sophia Quinto of Wake Forest, North Carolina,...