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...

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...

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...

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...

The Town of Miami Lakes is hosting two zero-based budget workshops for residents to learn about the city’s plans for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, as council members voted to keep the same rate for property taxes to complete several projects for beautification, while searching for additional resources to pay for other municipal services not funded in the spending plan.The workshops are scheduled for Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August...