County and local elected officials heard from property owners who shared their frustrations about damages to their homes as well as to municipal buildings and infrastructure that they attribute to miners blasting for limestone.      “It’s not only our homes,” said Pamela Carrera, a real estate broker in Miami Lakes who is a member of the Palm Springs North Civic Association....

   Among the appropriations made by the Florida legislature and approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis are nearly $2.1 million that will allow two major road and drainage projects in Miami Lakes to move forward.      “This is the highest amount of state appropriations in any one year in the history of the town,” Town Manager Edward Pidermann said in an email on June 15, the day the news was...

Miami Lakes officials often cut ribbons at new businesses to welcome them to town, so why not greet the latest addition to the Public Works fleet in the same special way?       On the morning of May 25 outside Town Hall, elected officials and town staff debuted a vacuum truck.      On Twitter, Mayor Manny Cid called flooding mitigation one of residents’ top priorities. The new truck, which cost...

 Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid celebrated an academic achievement.      He completed a Master of Arts degree in Ethical Leadership from St. Thomas University.      The school says it’s a blended program of 36 credits, meaning courses can be taken in person and online.       Cid earned his degree in December and received his diploma in May.      He is shown...

  The town council surprised Miami Lakes AutoMall Partner Fred Senra on June 6, when they voted to co-designate Northwest 59th Avenue “Fred Senra Way.”        The avenue borders his business.       Friends including  Miami-Dade County Commissioner Senator Rene Garcia praised Senra for his philanthropy and for building a civic-minded family.     It was Senra’s...