For Rosa Nell Hammer, a ceremony in her honor was a bunch of “hoopla,” as she put it.       The 103-year-old Lake Sandra resident is not big on festivities or fuss.      But she is a town treasure, Miami Lakes’ own “Rosie the Riveter,” and Miami Lakers wanted to salute her.       On Aug. 7, the Miami Lakes Veterans and Elderly...

     Miami-Dade Commissioner Sen. Rene Garcia held a “Cafecito con Rene” event in Miami Lakes on July 20.      At the Vanilla Espresso French Cafe in the Windmill Gate Shopping Center, Garcia greeted constituents who decided to “come for the coffee and stay for the conversation,” as his invitation says.      Shown above are Miami Lakes Councilman Josh Dieguez; Ana...

     Nancy Rogers, aka Momma Nance, is known as a person who shows up and gets things done.  The former Jersey girl has volunteered for four decades in Miami Lakes.             Rogers, 75, chairs the town’s Public Safety Committee, is a member of the Elderly Affairs Committee and checks in marchers for the Veterans Committee on the day of the parade, among other good...

  Please check town social media pages for the most up-to-date information. RSVP at TOML.Eventbrite.com.  July 21 to Aug. 13   “Exilios” directed by Danny Nieves at the Main Street Players.  Written by Yerandy Fleites Perez, it’s a Spanish language play about a Cuban exile who returns to his homeland. See review on page 12. Tickets: $30 for adults,  $25 for students, seniors and the military....

     The radio call summoned neon green fire trucks to the Hotel Indigo in Miami Lakes: “Multiple callers, smoke in a courtyard … Engine 44, Rescue 44, Engine 11, Rescue 11.”      Drivers called in their arrivals to the parking lot of the 58-year-old property at 7601 Miami Lakes Drive.      Coming from stations in Palm Springs North and Miami Gardens, firefighters were...