The grand opening for the new Miami Lakes West Fire Station 64 is scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, October 23, at Miami Lakes Drive and N.W. 77 Court. The event will be highlighted by a ceremony recognizing former Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Roberto Alonso, who discovered the FDOT-owned land to build the facility nearly 10 years ago. At the time, Miami-Dade County was under a lot of pressure to buy land for a fire station to increase...

  Miami Lakes Veterans Committee urges residents to assist “Operation: Care and Comfort” to complete the committee’s mission to send care packages overseas to U.S. troops. The Veterans Committee will be collecting donations until Veteran’s Day. Items donated by then will be packed and shipped in time for Holiday delivery. Donations such as non-perishable foods, snacks and treats, personal hygiene accessories and...

  For the past three years, Miami Lakes and Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. have partnered to bring County services to Town Hall. This year’s event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4. The county’s Transit Department will be on hand to assist seniors in obtaining Golden Passport Easy Cards which provides free county public transportation for seniors 65 and older. The county Elections...

  Miami-Dade Commissioners last week gave their final approval for an ordinance that could turn over control of the special taxing districts to municipalities where residents pay additional taxes to the county to maintain their areas and protect them from crime. Commissioners Sally Heyman and Esteban Bovo Jr. sponsored the measure, which would go before voters in November 2016 to determine if they want their cities to take charge of the...

  The Town of Miami Lakes will be reimbursed $56,000 from its insurance carrier for the back pay Mayor Michael Pizzi was entitled to while he was suspended from political office fighting his public corruption charges last year.  But instead of using the money for services in the town’s tight budget for next year, Miami Lakes will use the reimbursement fund to cover a $50,000 insurance rate increase stemming from the...