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...

  The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an investigation into the United States Postal Service’s refusal to grant Miami Lakes its own zip code, a major turning point in the Town’s decade-long campaign to break ties with the Postmaster of the City of Hialeah. Miami Lakes has been fighting for years to land an independent zip code to help lower car insurance rates...

  Miami Lakes Police Officer Anthony Baez was recognized by the Miami-Dade County Police Department as the Distinguished Officer of the Month for December 2015. This isn’t the first honor received by Baez as he was also awarded Officer of the Quarter by the Town for his bravery and dedication to duty at the October Town Council meeting. On September 1, 2015, Miami Lakes officers were dispatched to a shooting involving employees at...