It’s the rainy season, and recent heavy downpours flooded town streets with excess water that rose toward front doors.  The Town of Miami Lakes is offering teenagers an opportunity to earn community service hours by making sandbags to help protect properties. Kids can volunteer at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 NW 87th Ave. Contact John Paul Yanes, at yanesj@miamilakes-fl.gov.       The sandbags are free to...

A troubled intersection in the heart of Miami Lakes has new barriers to protect residents from out-of-control vehicles.       Several crashes have crumbled the walls that surround the Loch Isle community at the northwest corner of Miami Lakes Drive and Miami Lakeway North.        In June, the Town of Miami Lakes completed installation of 15 green bollards that wrap around the...

Drivers using Miami Lakes Drive may have noticed workers installing new traffic lights at the intersection of Northwest 79th Court.       The work was nearing completion in early August, with the lights installed and new street signs for Bob Graham Parkway.       The traffic lights will help courteous drivers who get cut off near the intersection by commuters destined for Bob Graham Education...

Just 10 people joined Fla. Rep. Tom Fabricio in Miami Lakes for a second public meeting about the rising costs of property insurance.       Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes, hosted Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky on Aug. 1 at town hall. Yaworsky leads the state agency that sets the rates and addressed attendees who included Vice Mayor Tony Fernandez and Councilman Ray Garcia.       Yaworsky’s...

After oath-taking in November, Miami Lakes will have two new council members:  Juan Carlos "J.C." Fernandez and Steven Herzberg. The new politicians won their first seats on the dais after no one opposed them during the town’s election qualifying period that ended at noon on Aug. 7. “I’m feeling a little surprised, it’s not the way I expected it, but it’s a win,” said Herzberg, 34, an...