Dominic Rivera, a 17-year-old senior at the Terra Environmental Research Institute, started a non-profit called the Free Clinic Corporation in an effort to assist impoverished communities in Haiti. Rivera ultimately plans to help build infrastructure in Haiti to help relieve overcrowding. But his first step towards that goal was completing an internship as part of Miami-Dade Country Commissioner Barbara Jordan’s Summer Youth Internship...

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis paid a visit to Miami Lakes as part of the state’s plan to study the rock miner’s blasting operations, which residents claim cause damages to their residential properties.The Fire Marshall Office, which falls under the CFO, regulates and minors the blasting by the rock mining industry.The state legislature allocated $325,000 for the study to determine if the regulations need to...

Miami Lakes is one of the first municipalities in South Florida to convert all Town-owned streetlights to LED. The project, part of the Town’s strategic initiatives, will replace approximately 900 streetlights throughout Miami Lakes, including standard streetlights (called “cobra heads”) and decorative streetlights.The LED retrofit project supports two goals in the Town’s 10-year strategic plan – achieve...

Students from the Civics Engagement Academy (CEA) at Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) spent the summer reading and meeting in small groups to prepare for the upcoming school year. This included reading Senator Bob Graham's most recent book - “America, The Owner's Manual: How To Fight City Hall And Win.”  On August 3, the CEA students and their teachers met at Town Hall to check in on the work they had done over the summer....

Town of Miami Lakes lawmakers and residents will discuss the budget for next year at a workshop, which is scheduled for Thursday, August 25, at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. The estimated $16.5 million spending plan, at the same millage rate of 2.335 for property taxes, allows Miami Lakes to cover the rising costs for police services and health care insurance for town employees.Police service will cost Miami Lakes $8.4...