The Town of Miami Lakes is seeking sponsors to help brighten Miami Lakes Drive this season with 12 large ornaments, 39 holiday banners and lights on medians along Northwest 154th Street between Fairway Drive and Northwest 82nd Avenue.        Sponsorship amounts are $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. Donors may be named on banners and in an announcement on the town’s website. Donation forms will be accepted...

Nov. 16 Mount Sinai Health Lecture. Join the Elderly Affairs Committee to learn about “Facts and Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease,” with Melissa Verzura, presented by Mount Sinai Hospital. Miami Lakes Town Hall, 6601 Main St. Free. 11 a.m.  Nov. 16 Introduction to Florida-Friendly Landscaping. The Neighborhood Improvement Committee, Miami-Dade County, the Town of Miami Lakes and the University of Florida will...

     The Miami Lakes Town Foundation is accepting applications for 20 qualified grants of up to $2,500 each.       Through Nov. 20, residents can submit paperwork seeking funds for a community project that focuses on continuing education, literacy, development of youth programs, beautification and cultural events.       In 2022, the foundation awarded 19 grants, money that came from...

    For veteran Makissa Lewis, leading the 44th Annual Miami Lakes Veterans Parade was a way to further her cause of supporting women who have served in the military.       Lewis, 45, of Port St. Lucie, was this year’s grand marshal. She rode in a car along the mile-long parade through downtown Miami Lakes on Nov. 5 and spoke at Town Hall during the ceremony that followed.     ...

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...