The Helping Hands column profiles the town’s 12 volunteer committees and advisory boards that promote various causes in Miami Lakes and help town government serve the community. Their activities are funded by the town budget and by ticket sales from some events. Committee: Elderly Affairs Committee  Founded: Nov. 14, 2006 Chair: Dottie Wix  Vice Chair: Lourdes Corvo Treasurer: Rosario Navarro Secretary:...

    Miami Lakes residents who need school supplies may pick up a free backpack, supply kit and more during a giveaway on Sat., June 24 at Miami Lakes Town Hall.      Presented by Mayor Manny Cid and the Giving Gators charity, supplies will be distributed to the first 200 students who arrive at 6601 Main St. from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.       Sponsors are Headquarter Toyota; Mathnasium; Miami-Dade County;...

     The Miami Lakes branch of the county library system is a busy place: Children arrive for tutoring, elders browse for books and videos and patrons from toddlers to teens learn to sing, sew and play chess.      But the community has outgrown the branch at 6699 Windmill Gate Road that it has used since 1981.       Before anything was built on the property, The Graham Companies,...

With the school year ended and kids on summer vacation, officials in the Town of Miami Lakes will be enforcing the curfew that is already in effect for the town center. Residents and visitors may see more officers from Miami-Dade Police patrolling the neighborhood.   “We’ve seen an increase in unsupervised juveniles roaming downtown without adult supervision and we’re going to start enforcing the curfew,...

    Golf cart owners in Miami Lakes can expect a change in the rules for young drivers.      A new law passed in the recent Florida legislative session will take effect Oct. 1.       It will require drivers under the age of 18 to have a valid driver’s license or learner’s permit to operate a golf cart.      The town council on June 6 voted unanimously to align...