Town of Miami Lakes announced it is one of nine drop off sites for the Read to Learn Books for Free Program. Read to Learn Books for Free is part of a larger Read to Learn initiative launched by The Children’s Trust and the Center for Writing and Literature at Miami Dade College to increase the number of third graders who read at or above grade level. Reading at grade level by the third grade is the leading indicator of school...

  State Representative Manny Diaz Jr., (R-Hialeah), chair of the Choice and Innovation Subcommittee of the Florida House of Representatives, is sponsoring a bill aimed that numerically ranks schools and allows  Florida’s top schools the flexibility to hire experts in certain fields like history or science without prior certification. According to Diaz, HB 875 is to reward the top schools by bringing the brightest minds in...

  Miami Lakes Building Department has made it easy for residents and businesses to access online services to find information about permits, projects, contractors, inspections, licenses, violations, search for properties, and pay fees. Online users do everything from scheduling an inspection to checking the status of a permit, and even search for contractors who are licensed and in good standing with the Town. Accessing the information...

  State Senator Rene Garcia introduces his SB 384 during a press conference that would provide a Small Business Sales Tax Holiday the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Garcia said he and State Representative Jay Fant (District 15) are collaborating on the legislation to help small businesses during the holiday. “I’m very much looking forward to working with Representative Fant to give an economic boost this upcoming holiday...

  There is still time to apply for the Town’s Code Enforcement Lien Amnesty Program, an incentive to property owners with outstanding liens to bring their property into compliance. Both residential and commercial property owners are eligible to apply for as much as an 85 percent reduction in the amount owed on their lien. To see if you are a property owner with a lien, log onto the Town’s website at www.miamilakes-fl.gov and...