The town’s Neighborhood Improvement Committee (NIC) has invited all Miami Lakes residents to participate in the 2014 Home Beautification Contest. The contest will recognize residents who take special care in maintaining their homes and landscaping. The contest will take place four times a year, and the winners will be awarded with a $200 Home Depot gift card, and a commemorative lawn sign to be placed on their front yard. The...

  When Miami City Manager Johnny Martinez suffered a stroke during a critical time for the municipality amid a federal probe into its finances and top financial administrators’ abrupt departure, his assistant, Daniel J. Alfonso, stepped in and kept the city from a downward spiral.  Under his watch as acting city manager, Miami bolstered it dwindling reserves to $57.5 million, closer to the $96 million, which was required...

  At the March 11 Miami Lakes Town Council meeting, lawmakers approved the following actions: • On first reading, the Town Council gave its initial approval to an ordinance to transmit the proposed the town’s comprehensive plan amendments to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and other appropriate agencies for review. • On first reading, council members gave their initial approval for an ordinance to...

  All Miami Lakes residents are invited to register for the upcoming CERT training to be held April 10, 12 and 13. Classes will be held on Thursday, April 10, from 5 to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a disaster simulation exercise on the final day of class. To become certified, residents must attend all three days. CERT training is designed to provide basic training in disaster preparedness....

  Miami Lakes will begin closed captioning of Town Council and Planning and Zoning Board meetings this month. As part of its goal to be fully transparent, the town takes pride in the efforts taken to make information readily available to all Miami Lakes residents. “Our meetings will now be accessible to all,” said Vice Mayor Manny Cid. “We are committed to serving all of our residents.” Closed captioning will be...