The spray of palms, white orchid and magnolia flowers, orange kumquats and gray Spanish moss atop Bob Graham’s casket represented one of his passions:  the landscape of Florida, and protecting its environment.      It was an elegant touch among several during the lying in state ceremony for the former Florida governor and U.S. senator on April 26 at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in...

    This story was updated Friday, May 3 to reflect the decision of the Canvassing Board.     Miami Lakers chose attorney Bryan Morera to fill Seat 6 on the Miami Lakes Town Council.       In the runoff election on April 30, Morera received 1,177 votes, or 56.51% of ballots cast to Esther Colon’s 906 votes, or 43.49%, according to official results reported by the Miami-Dade County Elections...

Candidates Esther Colon and Bryan Morera met for the final time Thursday to describe how they would decide key issues before the April 30 runoff election to fill Council Seat 6. It’s a been a brief campaign season. Morera, 32, an attorney, and Colon, 70, a former manager of the Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and active volunteer in town, won first and second place respectively in the April 9 special election. The winner of next...

The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Manny Cid are inviting companies that are celebrating one, two or three decades in business in the town to celebrate their milestone anniversaries.       To acknowledge a company’s contributions to the community, officials will present a personalized proclamation to a business owner during a public meeting.       For more information, email the...

     The Town of Miami Lakes and its Public Safety Committee will hold a series of events in May to recognize law enforcement.   --There will be a Coffee with a Cop gathering on May 7 at BB’s Bakehouse, 6731 Main St., from 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. The bakery will provide free coffee and pastries. --Businesses will be able to show their support for police with two items from the committee: a blue tea light...