For the past three years, Miami Lakes and Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. have partnered to bring County services to Town Hall. This year’s event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4. The county’s Transit Department will be on hand to assist seniors in obtaining Golden Passport Easy Cards which provides free county public transportation for seniors 65 and older. The county Elections...

  Miami-Dade Commissioners last week gave their final approval for an ordinance that could turn over control of the special taxing districts to municipalities where residents pay additional taxes to the county to maintain their areas and protect them from crime. Commissioners Sally Heyman and Esteban Bovo Jr. sponsored the measure, which would go before voters in November 2016 to determine if they want their cities to take charge of the...

  The Town of Miami Lakes will be reimbursed $56,000 from its insurance carrier for the back pay Mayor Michael Pizzi was entitled to while he was suspended from political office fighting his public corruption charges last year.  But instead of using the money for services in the town’s tight budget for next year, Miami Lakes will use the reimbursement fund to cover a $50,000 insurance rate increase stemming from the...

  Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr., and State Senator Rene Garcia are inviting the community to Family Movie Night, presenting “Disney’s Descendants,” Friday, October 2, at Dade Christian School, 6601 N.W. 167 Street. The entertainment portion of the event starts at 6 p.m. with music, a magic show and tons of games, followed by the movie. The famous food trucks will be on hand and other refreshments will...

  Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi hosted a commemorative event on Friday, September 11, in front of the Veteran’s Memorial at Town Hall. The event began at 8:46 a.m., the same time the first place crashed into the World Trade Center. Pastor Bert Leon of the Palm Springs North Baptist Church led attendees in prayer and took a moment of silence to honor and remember all of the victims of September 11, 2001. Vice Mayor Manny Cid,...