For residents who may have missed the March 1 Homestead Exemption deadline, Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Pedro J. Garcia invites them to meet one-of-one with his staff from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. The staff will review an individual’s exemption status and address questions or concerns. Attendees are asked to complete the “Extenuating Circumstances” form in order for...

  Miami Lakes Councilmember and mayoral candidate Manny Cid was appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2016 Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Committee. The committee released a statement last week after NLC president Melodee Colbert-Kean appointed Cid to the committee, which has the lead responsibility for developing NLC federal policy positions on issues involving national economic policy, general...

  A traffic safety issue at the intersection of N.W. 67 Avenue and Windmill Gate Road in Miami Lakes took a turn for the worse last month when two back-to-back accidents left several people seriously injured and had to be airlifted to the hospital. Traffic congestion in the area poses a safety hazard for motorists and pedestrians, as vehicles have little room to make right or left turns on the two-lane road leading in and out of the...

  Miami Lakes resident Ramiro Inguanzo was recently appointed by Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez to serve on his Local Action Team Task Force for Safer People, Safer Streets. The task force is charged with developing an action plan of high level legislative, educational, engineering and enforcement recommendations to improve the safety of Miami-Dade’s streets. The County has brought together representatives from various...

  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...