Town of Miami Lakes is urging residents to contact Miami-Dade County via the 311 system to request a site inspection should they experience a mosquito nuisance. Site inspections on residential properties are often made to find the source of the mosquito annoyance.The Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management is also requesting that all businesses that have been impacted by the Zika Virus (i.e. lost revenue, business interruption) fill...
Miami Lakes is offering an opportunity to the community to nominate a deserving individual to be the Grand Marshal of the 37th annual Veteran’s Day Parade to be held on Sunday, November 6. Nominations are due by Monday, October 17.The Grand Marshal criteria includes:• Be in good standing in the community.• Be a person who have displayed outstanding service, pride and commitment to the community, county, state and/or...

Parks online portal now available

Government Thursday, September 1, 2016

Miami Lakes has launched a new online facility rental reservation and program registration portal as one of the first communities to showcase this online program with a new look and feel from the previous Parks Online Registration system.From the login page to the checkout cart, the new portal provides a user-friendly platform to reserve park facilities, register for a program, and offers the ability to reserve indoor facilities 100 percent...

Two Dade officers cited for lifesaving

Government Thursday, September 1, 2016

Miami-Dade County police officers Joseph Cruz and Andres Galvez were awarded the departmental Bronze Medal of Valor and Lifesaving Award and selected to share Distinguished Officer of the Month honors for the month of August. On April 15, Cruz and Galvez were dispatched to a dispute where the subject was threatening to assault the victim. Upon arriving, Cruz and Galvez made contact with a female who advised her ex-boyfriend was inside...

M-D Fire Rescue Junior Cadets win third place overall

Government Thursday, September 1, 2016

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Junior Cadets won third place overall in the Running Hose event and won the Sportsmanship Award during the annual Florida State Firefighters Association State Firematics competition two weeks ago in Plantation, Florida.The event tested the skills of cadets and firefighters from Florida in a series of drills against other fire departments, including climbing ladders, running hoses, and screwing the hose onto a fire rig...
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