Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava defeated six opponents in the Aug. 20 primary election, including Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid, to win a second term.       County-wide, Levine Cava won 163,668 votes, or 58%; Cid finished second with 23% or 64,996 votes.       In his hometown’s seven precincts, Cid won 53% or 2,555 votes; 34% or 1,624 of Miami Lakes ballots...

   The popular Culinary Bike Tour returns on Sept. 21, when bicyclists will get to sample small bites at restaurants across Miami Lakes.       This year’s five-mile, nighttime ride travels to restaurants in the Lake Patricia and Cypress Village shopping centers and along Main Street for a fun night of drinks and tastes from the varied menus offered in town.      ...

Attorney Gloria M. Garcia will host the Lights of Hope display at Miami Lakes Town Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. The event is to honor and remember those who were taken by the disease as well as pay tribute to those who are fighting it, by displaying bags from donors set up outside of Town Hall. Each bag represents a cancer story, Garcia said.  Lights of Hope is a fundraiser of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action...

The Graham Companies will host a workshop on Aug. 28 at Miami Lakes Town Hall to present its newest development: Lakeside Village, a multifamily rental community that it plans to build on the banks of Graham Dairy Lake. The apartments to be built were originally part of a proposed senior village planned for that site, along Oak Lane at Northwest 146th Street.   After many years of hard work and significant financial investment, the...

  The Town of Miami Lakes and its Elderly Affairs Committee presented an information session about voting at town hall on Aug. 8. Staff from the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office gave away hats and bags to promote voting, and provided information about deadlines to register to vote, how to vote-by-mail and how to submit a ballot, as well as file ballots for immediate family members.      Staff from the...