Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan is inviting the public to the 12th annual Hispanic Heritage Festival, which is scheduled for Saturday, September 15, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Country Village Park, 6550 N.W. 188 Terrace. The event includes live entertainment, a bounce house, rock climbing, pony rides, food, a domino tournament and more fun. “Celebrate with us at the 12th annual Hispanic Heritage Festival,” said...

  Costa Relators Corporation recently hosted a fundraiser for State Representative Manny Diaz Jr., who’s running for the State Senate, on Main Street in Miami Lakes. Diaz, a Republican who is term-limited in the state’s House of Representatives, faces Democrat challenger David Perez. a Coral Gables firefighter lieutenant, for the District 36 seat on November 6. Miami Lakes community leaders attended the fundraiser to show...

  Miami Lakes resident Abel Fernandez noted he was misquoted about comments he made at a recent Town Council meeting. To correct the accounting, Fernandez stated that he had checked all the council members and none of them had taken monies from the miners. Furthermore, Fernandez stated that politicians in Tallahassee had received monies from the mining companies. We want to clarify any misunderstandings that were created. In the August...

  Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid’s office will be hosting a “Casino Night” charity gala on Saturday, September 29, at the Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue. The exciting elegant evening will be filled with music, food, and entertainment to benefit the Town’s Special Needs Advisory Board. The board’s mission is to create a model town for inclusion of individuals with special needs and...

  Fourteen candidates and three alternates seeking the town manager’s position for Miami Lakes made the first round cut and will be interviewed over a two-day period for the Town Manager Selection Committee to narrow the list of applicants to seven by September. The committee will examine and grill the candidates for six hours during two meetings scheduled for Monday, August 27 and Tuesday, August 28 via Skype in the Council...