When Stanley Merantus was courting his wife Lynn, he would take her on dates to Main Street in Miami Lakes to shop or go to the movies.      Merantus’ career as a civil engineer and project manager took him away from South Florida and as far as Georgia.       But he always wanted to return to town and reached his goal in March when he became its newest public works...

     A group of Miami Lakes residents will host a Pride celebration June 24 at the Main Street Playhouse.      Plans will include a 90-minute evening of poetry readings, music, and performance of a short play, “Stuck in the 1940s,” written by Amanda Ortega, a Main Street Players board member.      It is a coming-out story of a Cuban-American woman and her struggles with her...

     The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and will last until Nov. 30. The Florida Division of Emergency Management wants residents to be prepared.       Miami Lakes didn’t suffer from Hurricanes Ian (category 4) and Nicole (category 1) as our friends and neighbors did across the state.       But we have endured tropical cyclones in the past -- remember...

 The Miami Lakes Town Council has allocated some of the unspent monies from the 2022-2023 budget toward police patrols, road improvements, tax relief and other items.      The $400,500 in new expenditures decided by the council during a public hearing on April 11 will leave $874,467 for improvements to be made at Optimist Park.      The expenditures will be: --$4,000 Wrap four traffic signal...

     The Miami Lakes Bar Association swore in new leaders during a ceremony March 18 at Miami Lakes Town Hall.  Judge Diana Vizcaino of the 11th Judicial Circuit led the oaths taken by the new board members.      About 26 judges attended, new president Nayib Hassan said. Judge Florence Taylor Barner from the 17th Circuit addressed the group and Judge William Altfield from the 11th Circuit sang the...