Miami Lakes Town councilmembers held their monthly meeting on May 13 and were expected to take action on one ordinance on first reading, several resolutions and discussing some new business matters. • Lawmakers were expected to give their initial approval for an ordinance requiring Miami Lakes to notify homeowners and condominium associations of proposed building and zoning projects within one mile of their boundaries....

  The Town of Miami Lakes and a surety bond company reached a settlement agreement for the unfinished youth center project following the original contractor’s default midway through construction of the facility. During a May 8 special meeting, the town accepted Bankers Insurance Company’s $757,789 offer to complete the youth center located at Picnic Park East adjacent to the Miami-Dade District One police station, more than...

  In honor of National Arbor Day, the Town of Miami Lakes held an Arbor Day Celebration on April 25 to commemorate the town’s tree canopy and to recognize the importance of planting trees in the community. As part of the event at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, a Live Oak tree was planted by Mayor Wayne Slaton and Town Council members. Girl Scout Troop 263 participated in the event by reading a tree poem, and the town’s...

  It has been a little over ten years since Miami Lakes Middle School's Legal Department Head, Lisa DeYarza, first created the Legal Studies Magnet Program and led the founding class to first place in their first Project Citizen competition. Since then, DeYarza and her students have gone on to win multiple awards in various civic competitions including Project Citizen, Model United Nations, and District Mock Trial Competitions. Despite...

  In celebration of National Library Week, members of the Miami Lakes Town Council read books to nearly 30 children on April 17 at the Miami Lakes Branch Library, part of the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Vice Mayor Manny Cid, Councilmembers Tim Daubert, Nelson Rodriguez and Ceasar Mestre, along with Margaret Slaton, wife of Mayor Wayne Slaton, enjoyed reading books to the infant and toddler-aged children. Miami Lakes librarian...