The glee club from Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School sang during the blessing ceremony for the Nativity scene at Miami Lakes Town Hall on Dec. 12.      The students sang “Silent Night,” “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing” and “Feliz Navidad,” a crowd favorite that prompted the audience to join in.      “I want to thank the Our Lady of the Lakes...

 Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez told the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce that he will propose several ideas to the town’s Charter Revision Commission that is getting underway and as he begins his second year as the town’s leader.      Dieguez spoke Dec. 10 before about 60 bankers, educators, lawyers, real estate professionals, non-profit leaders, manufacturers and credit union executives during a luncheon at...

     The Miami Lakes Town Council recognized Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Maj. Jose Gonzalez for his 35-year career in law enforcement.      “This is his last official meeting that he will be with us, we want to take time to honor him as he prepares to retire,” Mayor Josh Dieguez said on Nov. 18. Gonzalez will step down from his post in Miami Lakes at the end of 2025 and will retire April 10. The...

     Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez discussed recent accomplishments and new and ongoing initiatives of his and the council during his first State of the Town address.      Perhaps most impactful for residents? A Zip Code for Miami Lakes, a long-sought town goal that could impact insurance rates and shipping to local addresses.      Dieguez said a bill is making its way through Congress and...

    In the 1920s, The Pennsylvania Sugar Company in Philadelphia wanted to grow sugar cane in the Everglades. They tried growing vegetables, too and were defeated by frost, floods and the economics of the Great Depression.       The company shut down operations in Florida in Dec. 1931, and left a herd of dairy cows and the land to its civil mining engineer Ernest R Graham.      The following...