Drivers can expect intermittent traffic delays while the Town of Miami Lakes installs safety devices in mid-block crosswalks on Fairway Drive and Montrose Road.       The new crosswalk on Fairway Drive and the existing crossing on Montrose Road will have flashing lights to alert drivers that pedestrians are present.       Work began Jan. 19 and the crosswalks will be built...

     The Town of Miami Lakes and its Cultural Affairs Committee will celebrate Black History Month on Friday, Feb. 25.      The Florida Memorial University Ambassador Chorale will perform spiritual and contemporary works at 7:30 p.m. at Barbara Goleman Senior High School, at 14100 NW 89th Ave. in Miami Lakes. Register at toml.eventbrite.com.

     The Town of Miami Lakes has offered to provide legal representation to former Building Official Mike Mesa, as he faces a civil lawsuit filed against him by a homeowner.      Carlos Perez Jr., who owns a home in the 14400 block of Rosewood Road, is alleging gross negligence and tortious interference with contractual relations by Mesa. Perez Jr. filed the case Dec. 21 in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in...

    The Town of Miami Lakes has partnered with Miami Lakes Athletic Club to offer Rock Steady Boxing classes.       The program is designed to improve the symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s Disease through a boxing-inspired fitness regimen, town spokeswoman Clarisell De Cardenas said.      The disease can affect a person’s nervous system, movement and balance. Assessments of...

    Paul Abolafia, a driver engineer with the City of Hialeah Fire Dept. recorded his first ace on the 110-yard 5th hole at the newly renamed Miami Lakes Golf Club on Jan. 6.  Abolafia, shown at center above, used a pitching wedge. His playing partners that day were Ben Ruiz, a retired firefighter with the Hialeah Fire Dept., at left, and at right, firefighter Edwin Barnes, a current member of the Hialeah Fire...