Following the abrupt departure of Miami-Dade County  Expressway (MDX) Authority board member Gonzalo Sanabria, Florida Governor Rick Scott appointed Miami Lakes resident Javier Vazquez to the committee and tapped him to help lower costs for Floridians and fight toll fee increases. According to published reports, Sanabria resigned over the “mistreatment” of Mike Fernandez, the former finance chairman of Scott’s...

  Miami-Dade School Board chair Perla Tabares Hantman honored the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Wilfredo A. Ferrer, during a special recognition at the March 12 School Board meeting. “Mr. Ferrer’s Violence Reduction Partnership is a shining example of community involvement in action and he is truly our partner in education,” Hantman said. “I am so pleased that he could join us to...

  Lisa DeYarza has been busy. The longtime educator and Department Head at Miami Lakes Middle School has been attending various civic competitions with her social studies students as she does every year, while preparing for the grand opening of her classroom courtroom. The courtroom, which was specially designed, is furnished with a judge's bench, a jury box, a witness stand, a plaintiff's and defendant's table and seats for spectators....

      The Town of Miami Lakes was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Beautification Council for a highway beautification project along the heavily-traveled section of State Road 826 (Palmetto Expressway) trailing northbound from Miami Lakes Drive. As a community with numerous elevated expressways passing along its boundaries, the issue of how to address the...

  Miami Lakes announced the launch of its online, interactive local business directory – www.MiamiLakesMarketplace.com. The business directory can be found on the town’s website’s homepage, as well as the town’s mobile application. To download the town’s free mobile app, simply go to your mobile device’s App. Store and enter “Town of Miami Lakes.” Free to Miami Lakes businesses, owners...