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...

U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Doral, is the guest speaker on Sept. 8 at the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Diaz-Balart, 59, represents the 25th Congressional District of Florida, which includes Hialeah and Miami Lakes. He is serving his 10th term. The chamber has changed its meeting schedule and moved gatherings to the second Wednesday of each month. On Sept. 8, there will be networking at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch,...

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid posted his photo on Twitter on July 26. It was taken at a Walmart store, where Cid is with a pharmacist and said he was inoculated against the COVID-19 virus. Cid tweeted that he had been “extremely hesitant” to get the vaccine. But after attending funerals for friends and learning of young people who were hospitalized, he wrote that he was convinced “today was the day.” Photo courtesy of...