Town offers to pay legal bills for former building official

Government By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, January 20, 2022

     The Town of Miami Lakes has offered to provide legal representation to former Building Official Mike Mesa, as he faces a civil lawsuit filed against him by a homeowner.      Carlos Perez Jr., who owns a home in the 14400 block of Rosewood Road, is alleging gross negligence and tortious interference with contractual relations by Mesa. Perez Jr. filed the case Dec. 21 in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in...

Town and Miami Lakes Athletic Club offer boxing therapy

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, January 20, 2022

    The Town of Miami Lakes has partnered with Miami Lakes Athletic Club to offer Rock Steady Boxing classes.       The program is designed to improve the symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s Disease through a boxing-inspired fitness regimen, town spokeswoman Clarisell De Cardenas said.      The disease can affect a person’s nervous system, movement and balance. Assessments of...

Firefighter makes first ace at Miami Lakes Golf Course

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, January 20, 2022

    Paul Abolafia, a driver engineer with the City of Hialeah Fire Dept. recorded his first ace on the 110-yard 5th hole at the newly renamed Miami Lakes Golf Club on Jan. 6.  Abolafia, shown at center above, used a pitching wedge. His playing partners that day were Ben Ruiz, a retired firefighter with the Hialeah Fire Dept., at left, and at right, firefighter Edwin Barnes, a current member of the Hialeah Fire...

Town may hold straw vote on LPRs for several neighborhoods

Government By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, January 20, 2022

     The Town of Miami Lakes is looking into the costs of a straw ballot for more than 800 homeowners on the west side who will consider the installation of license plate recognition cameras at the entrance gate to their communities.      Residents in the Lake Glenn-Ellen, Lake Cynthia and the Anchorage homeowner associations approached Vice Mayor Jeffrey Rodriguez, who put it on the council’s Jan. 11...

Federal government offers free home test kits, vaccine guidelines

Government By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, January 19, 2022

     The federal government will supply every household with four free at-home COVID-19 tests.      The tests will be completely free, and it will not be necessary to supply a credit card number or to pay for shipping.      The program was set to launch on Jan. 19.  For more information go to:  https://www.covidtests.gov/     The government also has a website that lists...
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