For the fourth consecutive year, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) is collaborating with the Walt Disney Company to help fund local park improvement projects across the country through the national “Meet Me at the Park” Earth Month campaign. The city that receives the most nominations will receive a $20,000 grant to improve a local park. From now to April 30, Miami Lakes residents will have an opportunity...

  Miami Lakes Neighborhood Improvement Committee will host its inaugural Home Decor and Improvement Expo on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. The event will offer an opportunity for residents to learn how to fix up their homes. Home improvement and interior decor related businesses and organizations are invited to exhibit, distribute literature, and provide information to...

  Miami Lakes Youth Center (The Spot) has received a donation of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) at its location, 6075 Miami Lakes Drive. In honor of their daughter, Jesus and Claudia Vergara established The Breanna Vergara Foundation, a non-profit focused on a mission to create awareness of the necessity for pediatric heart screenings, makes electrocardiograms (EKGs) readily available to children, at no cost, and provides...

  Miami Lakes student artists are invited to use their artistic and innovative abilities to create a new committee logo for the Town’s Elderly Affairs Committee EAC). The EAC was created to assist the Town with identifying the needs of Miami Lakes’ elderly residents with a focus on programs to serve the elderly such as the senior health and wellness fair, community forums, and social events. Interested Miami Lakes schools...

  Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force and Economic Development Committee are joining forces to host the annual Spring Student Job Fair for high school and college students from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 21, at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. Students looking for internships and/or jobs can do a free pre-registration at www.student-job-fair-2018.eventbrite.com. Previous student job fairs have been...