More than 100 local business representatives joined the Town of Miami lakes and Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. on January 23 for the “How to do Business with the County” workshop. Businesses learned about the streamlined operations, simplified procedures, and required documention via the new online vendor registration portal. The online portal allows both existing and future vendors to easily do business with the...

  Miami Lakes resident Frank Diaz, an owner of ADG Omnimedia, a South Florida public relations and marketing firm, has been appointed to the Council on Homelessness by Florida Governor Rick Scott. Diaz fills a vacant seat and will serve through June 30, 2016. Diaz currently serves on the Housing Finance Authority of Miami-Dade County on behalf of Miami-Dade County Commission vice chairman Esteban Bovo Jr. He also serves  on the...

  On February 6, Monsignor Edward Pace High School hosted its annual Career Day where 50 career professionals spoke with current Pace students. Among these visitors was U.S. Congresswoman and Florida Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Ros-Lehtinen told her life story, explained her work in Washington, and took questions from a packed room of students inside Pace’s Spartan Center before the school’s opening bell. For the...

  A summary of actions taken by the Miami Lakes Town Council during its January 13 regular meeting: The Council voted to oppose an I-75 overpass leading onto N.W. 154 Street, which would add to the traffic gridlock during morning and afternoon rush hour, and make it difficult for residents to get their kids to school on time. The town’s proposed resolution is in response to the city of Hialeah’s development plans for land...

  More than 40 third-graders from the Extended Foreign Language (EFL) Program at Bob Graham Education Center visited Miami Lakes Town Hall on January 23 as part of “Community Day.” Started nine years ago, the EFL program emphasizes the teaching of language arts and curriculum content in both English and Spanish to students in grades K-8. The program is designed to foster a continuum of bilingual studies through 12th grade....