Miami Lakes Councilmember Manny Cid was among a group of local dignitaries honored by the Florida League of Cities with its 2016 Home Rule Hero Awards.Cid, Bay Harbor Islands Council members Robert Yaffe and Joshua Fuller,  Cutler Bay Mayor Peggy Bell, El Portal Mayor Claudia Cubillos, North Miami Beach Mayor George Vallejo, and North Miami Beach Councilman Anthony DeFillipo were honored by the League of Cities.The local government...

The renewal period for the annual Miami Lakes Business Tax Receipt (BTR) began on July 1. In its continuing effort to assist the business community, the Town has created a “How To” video that provides business owners with quick and easy steps to make the BTR payment online.To renew a BTR online, visit www.miamilakes-fl.gov/btr.For more information, contact the Building Department at buildingdepartment@miamilakes-fl.gov, or call...

In an effort to expand Miami-Dade’s tree canopy by leveraging local resources, Neat Streets Miami awarded the Town of Miami Lakes a Street Tree Matching Grant for its Beautification Master Plan improvements on the N.W. 154 Street Roadway Corridor Project.Neat Streets Miami launched the street tree program this year to help advance its Million Trees Miami initiative, a community-wide effort to plant one million trees and achieve a 30...

The Town of Miami Lakes is asking residents to depict their favorite place or thing to do in Miami Lakes with artwork that will be displayed at Town Hall has part of “I Heart Miami Lakes.”Deadline for submissions is Monday, July 18. Up to 50 artworks will be chosen to be displayed from August through October. The “I Heart Miami Lakes Art Expo” will be held on Friday, August 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Light refreshments...

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. was among three commissioners who automatically won another four-year term in political office after they were unopposed at the end of the qualifying period last week.Commissioners Bruno Barreiro and Barbara Jordan also have no challengers for their reelection bids after the deadline to qualify for the August 30 primary election, according Miami-Dade’s Election Department.However,...