Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid filed Friday to run for Miami-Dade County Mayor. Cid, 39, is term-limited for the town office. His service will end in November, 2024. The county mayoral primary election will be held Aug. 20. Election Day is Nov. 5. On Friday afternoon, Cid called his campaign “extremely bold and forward thinking for the future of our county.” Cid declined to comment further, teasing an upcoming press...

     The Helping Hands column focuses on the town’s 12 volunteer committees and boards that promote various causes in Miami Lakes and help the town government serve the community.    Committee activities are funded by the town budget and by ticket sales from some events. Committee Mental Health Task Force  Founded March 8, 2021 Chair Lindsay Wallick  Vice Chair Rosa...

Please check town social media pages for the most up-to-date information. RSVP at TOML.Eventbrite.com.  Aug. 31 Coffee with a Cop. Get to know your local police force during a coffee with a cop event at McDonald’s in the Cypress Village Shopping Center, 7435 Miami Lakes Drive. 8:30 a.m., free.  Sept. 7 Book Talk with Kirstin Chen. Join the Cultural Affairs Committee for a talk featuring Kirstin Chen, author of...

     It took 30 years, but Sly Fowler’s goal to get a school zone extended 90 feet to protect children who walk between the Crooked Palm neighborhood and Miami Lakes K-8 Center finally happened in time for this school year.      “I used to walk my son there and it was just scary,” Fowler said of his boy, Adam, who is now a man.       Cars pass at 40 mph outside of the...

     Residents may not realize how much money goes underground in Miami Lakes.  The town has undertaken 16 stormwater remediation projects, estimated to eventually cost $33.9 million.     Stormwater improvements have been underway since 2021, to alleviate flooding and improve water quality.       “You’ll see the construction with the excavation of the dirt and...