Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid is going to nominate attorney Mariam D. Yanes, chair of the town’s Planning and Zoning Board, to replace former Vice Mayor Carlos Alvarez, who resigned during a council meeting on Nov. 14. “There were a lot of qualified committee members,” Cid said Wednesday of the volunteers he considered for the council seat  who also serve on a dozen boards and committees in town. “What is unique...

Vice Mayor Carlos O. Alvarez resigned from the Miami Lakes Town Council late Tuesday night, just one year into his second four-year term. Alvarez said his duties as an educator had to take priority at this point in his life. Alvarez opened the City of Hialeah Educational Academy (COHEA) in 2008, and works with the CIVICA network of schools, according to his town biography. He said the school system is growing. "As my...

Councilman Tony Fernandez's first Pumpkins and Pages storytelling event invited kids to Miami Lakes Town Hall on Oct. 13 to hear two Halloween stories.  The event featured plenty of Halloween-themed fun, including free children's books; pumpkins filled with candies; coloring books with crayons and cookies and juice.  There was also a themed backdrop for family pictures and cut outs of Linus and Sally from...

    Drivers who travel on Commerce Way and Oak Lane in Miami Lakes know how those streets flood after storms.     To alleviate the high water, the town is installing new drainage systems in Business Park West. Work was set to begin Nov. 1 along Commerce Way.      Road construction will continue on the streets marked in red in the map. It is scheduled to end in August 2024.     ...

     After nearly three years of litigation, the town council approved the $4.5 million purchase of a property that is blocking the path of a proposed road on the east side of town.      The eminent domain settlement will allow the town to demolish a building owned by Michael Spetko and his family’s firm, TSC Investments, LLC, at 5951 NW 151st St. It has offices, a mechanic’s garage and warehouse...