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...

    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...

     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...

     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...

    Mark your calendars for events in January and February that are happening around town.  Schedules may change due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Please check the town website and social  media pages for updates.   Friday, Jan. 21 Teen Open Hang Town of Miami Lakes Youth Center, 6075 Miami Lakes Drive, Miami Lakes. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22 Concert on the Green. Veterans Park,...