Miami Lakes Councilwoman Marilyn Ruano is considering whether to run for mayor. She was nominated to fill a vacant council seat by incumbent Mayor Manny Cid in 2017 and ran unopposed in 2018. They are both facing reelection in November and neither one has an opponent, at least so far. “The last thing I heard was that she’s supporting me,” Cid said on Feb. 25. Several residents urged Ruano to challenge Cid after he...

Early voting for the Presidential Preference Primary Election will be held at the Mary Collins Community Center in Miami Lakes from March 2 - March 15. The center, at 15151 NW 82nd Ave. will be open to those voting early on the following schedule:March 2 – 6, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. March 7 – 8, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. March 9 – 13, 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. March 14-15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Presidential Preference Primary Election Day is March 17, when the polls...

Anthony Dieguez, the founding member of the Miami Lakes Bar Association, received a proclamation during the Jan. 21 council meeting for his years of service to the area’s legal community, the town said. The recognition came from his son, Councilman Josh Dieguez, and town’s other elected officials. They are, left to right above, Councilmembers Marilyn Ruano; Jeffrey Rodriguez; Luis Collazo; Josh Dieguez and Anthony...

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Former Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas left political office in 2004 with one regret: He never shared the ordeal of coping with his younger brother’s mental illness. Penelas described the story of his family’s struggle during a Feb. 12 Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Shula’s Hotel and Golf Club, when he was the guest speaker. Luncheon guests may have assumed Penelas was going to talk about politics; after all, he’s...