Feb. 19 Morning with Medics  Meet your Miami-Dade firefighters over coffee. Presented by the Mayor’s Office. Vanilla Espresso French Cafe, 16395 NW 67th Ave. 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Feb. 20 Mount Sinai Health Lecture. The Elderly Affairs Committee will host a Mount Sinai lecture by Dr. Joseph Barbera. The subject is Outpatient knee & hip replacement: When, Why & How? at Miami Lakes Town Hall, 6601 Main St. 11 a.m....

    The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering classes.  Most events require preregistration and popular courses may fill up early. Sign up in advance to avoid being shut out of classes.         To check availability, call 305-822-6520, email truglioj@mdpls.org or sign up at bit.ly/3Wnp6tC.      The library at 6699 Windmill Gate Rd. is open Monday -...

 With the Florida legislative session set to begin in March, the Miami Lakes Blasting Advisory Board is working to get elected officials to help residents, who say their properties have been damaged by limestone mining.      The board, which advocates for the town and communities in northwest Miami-Dade County is recruiting other municipalities to the cause. The mining industry operates on the west side of the...

     Students in grades K-5 can compete to have their original drawing or painting launched into space.      The Florida Space Art Contest will accept works that measure 8.5 inches x 11 inches and are submitted by mail to Space Florida in Exploration Park by 5 p.m. on May 23.      Artists should express this year’s theme: the Spaceship of the Future.      Judges will...

     Charles James has a full life in retirement: The 83-year-old volunteer supporter of the arts and veterans in Miami Lakes is a husband and grandfather, and an actor and model.         A recent role was as an extra, playing a doctor in the Netflix film, “Wish You Were Here” that is currently streaming, he said.       He also participated in a TV special about...