Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) principal, James V. Parker, who will officially retire in early 2016, has been selected as a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor given by the Town of Miami Lakes. Parker was selected as a result of his work with the school which has earned seven consecutive A grades. Parker will be honored by Miami Lakes following Mayor Michael Pizzi’s State of the Town address on Wednesday,...

  Miami Lakes residents are anticipating the opening of the town’s new Youth Center nicknamed “The Spot.” The center is scheduled to open in early November and will be a state-of-the-art facility that will serve this and future generations of youth in the town. “The Spot,” located at 6075 Miami Lakes Drive in Miami Lakes Park East, is a 4,000 square-foot building with multipurpose activity rooms, classrooms...

    The grand opening for the new Miami Lakes West Fire Station 64 is scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, October 23, at Miami Lakes Drive and N.W. 77 Court. The event will be highlighted by a ceremony recognizing former Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Roberto Alonso, who discovered the FDOT-owned land to build the facility nearly 10 years ago. At the time, Miami-Dade County was under a lot of pressure to buy land for a fire station to increase...

  Miami Lakes Veterans Committee urges residents to assist “Operation: Care and Comfort” to complete the committee’s mission to send care packages overseas to U.S. troops. The Veterans Committee will be collecting donations until Veteran’s Day. Items donated by then will be packed and shipped in time for Holiday delivery. Donations such as non-perishable foods, snacks and treats, personal hygiene accessories and...

  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...