The new Helping Hands column will focus on the town’s 12 volunteer committees and boards that promote various causes in Miami Lakes and help the town government serve the community.       Committee activities are funded by the town budget and by ticket sales from some events.       “All the events that you see in the town are because of the committees [and] the...

      Drivers in Miami Lakes are experiencing more traffic and several cars have crashed near the Northwest 170th Street bridge after it opened Aug. 16.      “Obviously there’s more traffic because before, there was zero traffic coming off the bridge,” Miami-Dade Police Maj. Javier Ruiz said on Aug. 25. “But overall, we haven’t seen on our end too much of an...

     It’s time to dust off your helmet, tune up your bicycle and work up an appetite, because the 2nd Annual Miami Lakes Culinary Bike Tour is set for Saturday, Sept. 17.      Riders will leave from Miami Lakes Town Hall at 6 p.m. for a 5-mile trip to the designated dining spots.      Cyclists will visit restaurants in the Lake Katharine, Lake Patricia and Cypress Village shopping...

        Two T-ball fields at Miami Lakes Optimist Park were renovated this year with a $50,000 grant from Major League Baseball and Scotts lawn product company, and the town and the Optimist Club unveiled them on Aug. 12.     Tykes began play that day on miniature versions of baseball fields. They could aspire to having a Major League Baseball career like that of Hanley Ramirez, an All-Star who played a...

    The Town of Miami Lakes introduced new Finance Director/Chief Financial Officer Kay Grant during the Aug. 9 council meeting.       Grant, 53, of Pembroke Pines, has worked in the town for eight years as budget manager and comptroller.        Town Manager Edward Pidermann said of Grant, “I knew who needed to be promoted from within.”       Departing...