“About Boating Safety,”, a free single-session program offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, will be held at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on April 16 and May 28. Seating is limited but individuals and families are welcome and encouraged to attend the course which is sponsored by funded by the Perry J. Cohen Foundation in memory of one of the two teenagers lost a...

  The South Florida Building Officials Association (SFBOA) has named Miami Lakes’ Eliezer Palacio the Building Official of the Year for 2016, an honor bestowed upon the individual who has demonstrated “great work” in a town where he works.  The SFBOA is the South Florida Chapter of the Building Officials Association of Florida (BOAF). Palacio has been the Town of Miami Lakes’ Building Official for more than...

  Miami-Dade Police Major George A. Perez, the Town of Miami Lakes police commander, will be the guest speaker for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce membership meeting. The event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 13, at Don Shula’s Hotel inside the Grand Ballroom. Perez has been a Miami-Dade police officer for 16 years, which included working in the department’s Police Services Division as a patrol officer,...

  Florida Governor Rick Scott vetoed $256 million of line-item projects state lawmakers pushed through the $82 million budget they crafted during the last week of 2016 the Legislative Session, including $400,000 for Miami Lakes’ West Lakes Drainage Improvements project. The allocated funds, obtained through the efforts of State Representatives Manny Diaz Jr. and Jose Oliva, and Miami Lakes Councilmembers Nelson Rodriguez, Ceasar...

  Miami Lakes Councilmember Manny Cid, who was recently appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2016 Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, attended the group’s city conference in Washington D.C. last month. During his first meeting, Cid said the committee members discussed the nation’s federal advocacy agenda of protecting tax exemptions for municipal bonds and comprehensive tax reform....