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Sports By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, March 2, 2022

      Events may change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check the town’s social media pages for last minute updates.  -- Alexandra Herrera  March 1 - 31 Town of Miami Lakes/Loving Soles Shoe Drive Donate new/gently worn footwear at Miami Lakes Town Hall lobby, 6601 Main St., Mon. - Fri., 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. March 3 Medical Forum-Healthy Aging presented by Florida International University. Miami Lakes...

Town braces for county vote on NW 154th St. bridge

Community By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, March 2, 2022

     Miami Lakes councilmembers are urging residents to get active if they want to stop the opening of the Northwest 154th Street bridge that is currently closed. It crosses Interstate 75 and ends in Hialeah.      The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners was scheduled to vote March 1 to urge the Florida Department of Transportation to open the span but deferred the vote until March 15 to give Miami Lakes...

Miami-Dade County pauses request to state to open NW 154th Street bridge in Miami Lakes

Government By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to defer a request for the Florida Department of Transportation to open the bridge at Northwest 154th Street in Miami Lakes. The postponement will delay county action for two weeks until its next meeting on March 15. Both Hialeah Mayor Steve Bovo and Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid addressed commissioners during their meeting. The delay, which the commission approved in a...

Community Calendar

Community By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Friday, February 18, 2022

  Mark your datebook for upcoming events that are scheduled to happen during February and March in Miami Lakes.  Events may change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check the town’s social media pages for last-minute updates.   Feb. 18 Movies at the Park Veterans Park, 15151 NW 82nd Ave., Miami Lakes. At 7:30 p.m., the town and its Youth Activities Task Force will screen “Encanto” a Disney...

Council gives raise to town manager, over mayor’s objection

Government By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Friday, February 18, 2022

     Within the past four months, Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid moved to accelerate a performance review of Town Manager Edward Pidermann and to replace him with the assistant town manager.      Last October, Cid sought to have the council review Pidermann’s performance, 15 months before his contract was to expire.      Cid said then that he wanted “to create a long-term policy...
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