About 50 entrepreneurs attended a Small Business Boot Camp held at Miami Lakes Town Hall on Sept. 22.      Most of the business owners said they employ fewer than five people and took time out from running their firms to learn from bankers, officials from Miami-Dade County, Florida International University and other experts about how to grow and get financing.     “The EDC was working on it...

     In its final vote, the Miami Lakes council approved a historic low property tax rate.      Mayor Manny Cid and the council voted for the rollback rate of $2.07 per $1,000 of a property’s taxable value during their Sept. 26 meeting.       That levy will generate the same tax revenue as the current year.        It left Town Manager Edward Pidermann with...

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 Education  Advisory Board  Founded May 22, 2001 Chair Hector Abad Vice Chair Mario Pinera Jr....

 Former Miami Lakes Vice Mayor and retired firefighter Nelson Rodriguez returned to Town Hall on Aug. 20 to give staff a class on cardio pulmonary resuscitation.  Gathered in the town council chamber to learn about the lifesaving technique were from left: Accounts Payable Specialist Maria Lourdes Knips; Office Specialist Janiel Arias; Anaily Padron, capital improvement project manager; Stanley Merantus, public works engineer; John...

    On the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Miami Lakes Veterans Committee remembered the victims and those who tried to save them at a ceremony held Sept. 10 in Veterans Park. On the quiet Sunday morning, thousands of flags planted in tribute to the fallen swayed gently on the lawn. In days leading up to the event, students from Barbara Goleman Senior High School’s National Honor Society, the school’s Law...