The Town of Miami Lakes will mark its 25th year as a municipality this year when it incorporated and separated from Miami-Dade County.      The town unveiled a new logo on Sept. 3 to celebrate the milestone. There are two versions: the one shown above that acknowledges the town’s dairy farm history and tree canopy, and a second one that is gray and white that also incorporates the number 25,...

Sept. 18 Senior Bingo Luncheon Join the Elderly Affairs Committee for bingo, a meal and prizes. Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 NW 87th Ave. Ages 60+. 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Free. Pre-registration required at Toml.Eventbrite.com.  Sept. 20 Skate Miami Lakes Grab your skateboard, rollerblades, roller skates or scooter and come out to the monthly Skate Miami Lakes program, in conjunction with nonprofit organization SkateFree....

    The Miami Lakes council raised the town’s property tax rate 8% from the current millage during its first budget hearing on Sept. 11.      The majority approved a town millage rate of 2.2459, or a tax of $2.24 per every $1,000 of taxable value.      A property owner whose home has a $300,000 taxable value [assessed value less homestead and other exemptions] would pay $673.77 in town tax....

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