A group of Miami Lakes residents will host a Pride celebration June 24 at the Main Street Playhouse.      Plans will include a 90-minute evening of poetry readings, music, and performance of a short play, “Stuck in the 1940s,” written by Amanda Ortega, a Main Street Players board member.      It is a coming-out story of a Cuban-American woman and her struggles with her...

Camp Wannado  June 12 - Aug. 11  For kids in Voluntary Pre-K - 7th grade. Sports; weekly field trips; arts and crafts, video games and more.  Session 1: June 12 - June 30; Session 2: July 3 - July 21;  Session 3: July 24 - Aug. 11. Weekdays, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.  Pack lunch Monday - Thursday; a pizza lunch is provided on Friday. Camp is $45 to register, $135 per week. Camp Wannado at Miami Lakes...

     The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and will last until Nov. 30. The Florida Division of Emergency Management wants residents to be prepared.       Miami Lakes didn’t suffer from Hurricanes Ian (category 4) and Nicole (category 1) as our friends and neighbors did across the state.       But we have endured tropical cyclones in the past -- remember...

    Juan Campiz protects first base on a softball field at Miami Lakes Optimist Park. He leans toward the batter, ready to field whatever may come from home plate.     His spot on the diamond is one he has held since he was a boy.      That child’s love for the game has continued to present day, when he is a youthful 96.      “I started playing baseball when I was 10...

     Marcelino Sotolongo of Miami Lakes photographed the full “Pink Moon” on April 5.      It is called the “Pink Moon” because it appears at the same time as when an early spring wildflower called creeping phlox presents its pink blossoms, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.      “I was out relaxing on my backyard dock, enjoying the beautiful night and...