The Miami Lakes Town Council would pick the next town manager and town attorney with public input instead of placing the sole responsibility on the mayor in the latest round of proposed charter amendments to give lawmakers equal powers to select the top administrators to run the day-to-day operations. Last week, the Miami Lakes Charter Revision Commission recommended the changes and lawmakers must set a date for an election for...

  Town of Miami Lakes, in partnership with PEAR and the YMCA, will be offering Spring Break Camps beginning the week of March 21. The camps will run Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., for children between the ages of 5 and 15 years old. Both organizations also offer after school care from 2 to 6 p.m. during the school year with transportation available. Spring Break Camp with PEAR will take place the new Youth Center at Miami Lakes...

  Miami Dade County Commission Vice Chairman Esteban Bovo Jr., Florida State Senator Rene Garcia, and Miami Dade School Board Chairwoman Perla Tabares Hantman, along with the Palm Springs North Civic Association, are sponsoring the annual Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday, March 19, at Norman and Jean Reach Park, 7901 N.W. 176 Street. The free event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It includes an Easter Egg Hunt, taking pictures with the...

  Students at Bob Graham Education Center have a new elective this school year which is funded by the Town of Miami Lakes. The new elective focuses on vocabulary and is geared towards assisting students as they prepare for the PSAT.   Every day is different in the classroom, whether the students are exploring vocabulary in a new way, identifying literary devices in a novel, presenting their latest creation or even nervously...

  Miami Lakes has called for a comprehensive plan to resolve the long-running traffic congestion throughout the Town, which includes designating someone to attend traffic meetings of the two agencies working on solutions to ease residents’ frustrations over getting held up in gridlock for longer waiting periods during peak hours. Town officials also want to make sure that a neighboring city, where a developer has plans for...