Miami Lakes Youth Center Council is inviting local teens to take pride in their community. As part of the “I Heart Miami Lakes” campaign, the Youth Council is sponsoring a Town Park Clean Up on Saturday, January 21.Volunteers will meet at the Youth center, 6075 Miami Lakes Drive, at 9 a.m. The Town Moover will transport volunteers around Town to clean up various local neighborhood parks until 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided.To sign...

Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce will welcome Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid as its guest speaker during the February 8 general membership luncheon meeting at Shula’s Hotel, 6842 Main Street.Cid will be speaking on the topic of “The Role of Municipalities in Our Local Economy.” This will be followed by a question and answer session with the Mayor and Councilmembers.“I look forward to speaking to our business community and...

Miami Lakes parents are reminded it’s time to register their children for the Town’s youth archery and golf programs. Hook a Kid on Golf:A six-week program introduced by the National Alliance for Youth Sports that aims at introducing the basics of golf, while teaching the etiquette of the game to children between the ages of 7-12 years old. Takes place every Wednesday starting in February from 4 to 5 p.m. at Shula’s Golf...

In 2016, the Town of Miami Lakes got a new mayor and a new council member, the former mayor’s lawsuit against the town was dismissed, and residents approved several charter changes, among other top headline news last year.Cid becomes new town mayor in a landslideCouncilmember Manny Cid defeated incumbent mayor Michael Pizzi by 77 percent of the vote in a run-off election to become the new mayor.Cid initially chose to run for his seat...

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is hosting a field trip for seniors on Wednesday, January 18, to the Fruit and Spice Park.Established in 1944, the Fruit & Spice Park is the only tropical botanical garden of its kind in the U.S. This lush 37-acre park is owned and operated by Miami-Dade County’s Park and Recreation Department.The Park’s tropical climate can be found nowhere else in the continental U.S. and hosts over 500...