A street and a school will now provide lasting memory of a man who served Miami Lakes and nearby communities in Congress for almost two decades. A stretch of Southwest 8th Street - Miami’s famed Calle Ocho - was recently renamed Lincoln Diaz-Balart Memorial Highway. Hialeah Elementary School has been rechristened Lincoln Diaz-Balart Hialeah Elementary School. Diaz-Balart served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to...

Miami Lakers will soon get a chance to pick up free trees near the town thanks to an initiative from Miami-Dade County and TD Bank. The county recently received a $150,000 grant from the county to support its Urban Forestry Plan and Million Trees Miami initiative. As part of the initiative, several community tree and garden giveaways will take place around the county in the coming months. The first will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. September 4...

The Town of Miami Lakes wrapped up Parks and Recreation Month by presenting a proclamation to its Parks and Recreation department. At the July 21 council meeting, Mayor Josh Dieguez presented a proclamation to the department to recognize them for their hard work. “As the mayor mentioned, our parks are unique to our community, our parks are extremely, extremely valuable to us,” Parks and Recreation Director Jeremy...

The Miami Lakes Town Council will not see any changes after the deadline to file to run passed on August 5 without any challengers filing. Vice Mayor Bryan Morera and Councilmembers Ray Garcia and Alex Sanchez retained their seats after no one filed to run against them. This is Garcia’s second term after being first elected in 2022. Morera was elected in 2024 to serve out the rest of the former Vice Mayor Carlos Alvarez’s...

Florida state legislators Sen. Bryan Avila, R-Miami Springs, and Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes, celebrated what they view as Florida’s positive upward trend while also touting the state money they brought back to Miami Lakes during their visit to the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce. Avila and Fabricio spoke to a room of about 90 business owners at the monthly chamber luncheon at the Miami Lakes Hotel. Other elected officials...