Perla Tabares Hantman, chairman of the Miami-Dade County School Board, was reappointed to serve on the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization Governing Board (MPO) by Governor Rick Scott for an additional term ending December 16, 2017. The MPO is a federally mandated and funded transportation policy-making organization that is composed of 23 voting members, including the 13 Miami-Dade County Commissioners, an elected official...

  The Florida Department of Transportation has scheduled a community meeting for 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 28, at the Country Club of Miami, 6801 N.W. 186 Street, to give property owners and interested parties an opportunity to learn more about the agency’s proposed improvement plans on I-75. According to the plans, contractors will continue building the new express lanes within the median from N.W. 170 Street to Miramar Parkway....

  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...