Voters may decide next year if the town can borrow as much as $26 million to fund a massive redevelopment of Miami Lakes Optimist Park. “Those of us who have been here in this area for many years, this day... is long in coming,” Town Manager Ed Pidermann said during a council workshop on Aug. 26. The council agreed, but not about how much to spend or how to pay for it. The green space along Northwest 67th Avenue was...

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A drive-thru COVID-19 testing site is scheduled to open Sept. 1 in Miami Lakes. The project, to be set up at 7601 Miami Lakes Drive in the parking lot of the former Hotel Indigo, is a partnership between The Graham Companies and Longview Technology Services of Herndon, Va. It was originally scheduled to open Aug. 31. Longview Technology Services is going to use that day as a soft opening and said it will welcome all members of...

Almost four years ago, a woman was fatally struck by a car while walking in the crosswalk at Miami Lakes Drive and Fairway Drive. In January, 2019, a woman was severely injured by a vehicle while walking across Fairway Drive at Bedlington Road. Those tragedies prompted the town council to approve installation of lights that will flash and alert drivers that pedestrians are present in a new, mid-block crosswalk on Fairway Drive and in an...

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid earned an Associate degree in Political Science from Miami Dade College on Aug. 11. He plans to continue his education at St. Thomas University. Cid shared the photo above that shows him with his wife Melissa Cid and their sons, Manny, 13, on the left and Noah, 10, at right. Other notable graduates are Miami Lakes Deputy Town Manager Tony Lopez, below left, who earned a doctorate in Business Administration from...