The Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force held a bike rodeo Sept. 24 at Veterans Park to promote bicycle safety for kids and adults. Miami-Dade County fire and police departments brought a helicopter and ladder truck for the kids to check out. Police officers also gave away helmets and fitted them on children and adults.     BMX riders put on a show, and donated bicycles were raffled off for kids. One of the...

  A forum to discuss the U.S. Constitution and promote student involvement in civic life was held Sept. 16 at Miami Lakes town hall.      Sponsored by the EPIC Foundation and Mayor Manny Cid, it was organized by Maurits Acosta, a sophomore at Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School, founder of the Virtutem Populo civics organization and vice chair of the Youth Activities Task Force. Speakers were Bob Brazofsky, executive...

      The Town Foundation of Miami Lakes has chosen grant recipients for 2022.       The Foundation is supported by the Miami Lakes Food and Wine Festival, which donated $50,000.        The festival was co-founded by Realtor Lynn Matos and restaurateur Giuseppe Zuozo, and the next one will be held Feb. 4, 2023 at Optimist Park.       Residents, teachers and local...

    On Sept. 13, the town council appointed eight volunteers to six of the Town of Miami Lakes committees. The group was acknowledged during a town council meeting. There are a dozen committees in town whose members work to improve the quality of life in Miami Lakes. They focus on helping people with special needs; veterans; elders and work on causes such as education; public safety and mental health.      In the...

Miami Lakes voters will get to hear candidates for town council discuss issues during a second forum to be held Tuesday, Oct. 25. Alex Penelas, the former mayor of Miami-Dade County and an attorney who lives in town, will serve as moderator once more. But this time, he will pose questions to them that are submitted by the audience. The event, sponsored by BNI Miami Lakes and the Miami Lakes Bar Association and the Miami Lakes Chamber of...