The Town of Miami Lakes honored the National Scleroderma Foundation at its June 16 meeting.      Mayor Josh Dieguez introduced Monica Ramirez, vice chair for the committee of the foundation’s Florida and Puerto Rico chapter and a member of the patient advisory board. Dieguez proclaimed June 29 Scleroderma Awareness Day in Miami Lakes.      Scleroderma affects 300,000 people in the United States and...

The Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management offers residents free unused or lightly used home chemical products through its Chem Again program. It recently launched a real-time online dashboard that lets residents know what’s available at the county’s two centers.      Free products available might range from insect spray to fertilizer, spray paint to butane fluids.      For a full,...

Roberto Alonso has been reappointed to the Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees.      Alonso, who also represents Miami Lakes as the Miami-Dade School Board’s District 4 member, was reappointed by Governor Ron DeSantis. He was first appointed in 2020.      Alonso joined the school board in 2022. He also serves on the of the Miami-Dade County Planning Advisory Board and as President of the...

On June 16, the Town of Miami Lakes approved funding for its planned Optimist Park improvements. The council voted unanimously to move funds to its Optimist Park capital account to cover the cost of improvements to the park. The proposed $3.5 million will be used to fix what the town has deemed “critical infrastructure” without changing the layout of the park.      Improvements to the park would be...

The Town of Miami Lakes will receive $8 million in federal appropriations for use towards its planned senior center, thanks to U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Doral.      “He has put in $8 million for the senior center,” Town Manager Edward Pidermann said.      Once the federal money is approved, it will be presented to the Town of Miami Lakes to use for its projects.     ...