The Optimist Club of Miami Lakes is holding registration for its youth basketball program for summer league play for girls and boys on Saturdays, April 14, 21 and 28, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Miami Lakes Optimist Park, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The registration cost is $160 per person. Tryouts for all players are scheduled between 9 a.m. and noon, on Saturday, May 5 at Barbara Goleman High School, 14100 N.W. 89 Avenue. The...

  For the first time in school history, the Hialeah Miami Lakes High marching band will perform with local middle school bands in an effort to recruit the students to attend the high school and march with the Trojans. The marching bands from Miami Lakes and Palm Springs Middle schools and Miami Lakes K-8 Center will perform with the Trojans marching band at Concert Under the Stars, which is scheduled for 6 p.m., Friday, April 13, at...

  The Graham Companies and Main Street Merchants announced the winners of “There’s No Place Like Miami Lakes” Main Street Banner Art Contest. With other 300 submissions, only 26 pieces could be selected to be showcased on light poles along the several blocks of Main Street. Artwork submissions were judged by over 30 individuals with a selection of the top piece of work based on Elementary, Middle and High School age...

  Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid reports “Great news from the Florida Department of Transportation...our proposed pedestrian-bicycle trail connecting Miami Lakes and Hialeah is moving forward.” Councilmember Nelson Rodriguez said, “We’re taking it slow. That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” The lawmakers were reacting to a letter to Cid from FDOT District Six secretary James Wolfe...

  The Miami-Dade County Commission last week approved an interlocal agreement with Miami Lakes which allows the town to upgrade six traffic signals located along N.W. 154 Street between N.W. 87 and N.W. 77 avenues. The project is located in Commission Chairman Esteban Bovo’s District 13, where the town is responsible for all equipment, engineering and installation costs for the traffic signals upgrade that provides new...