Owning a home in Miami Lakes remains a good investment: prices on residential properties continue to rise, crime rates are low, and elected officials have pledged to manage growth and maintain the town’s charm and lifestyle.      Those were some of the takeaways for 100 real estate professionals who filled a ballroom during the MIAMI Association of Realtors’ City Spotlight event held April 30 at Miami...

James Louis McLellan will be remembered this weekend for his life as father, husband, baseball coach and airplane mechanic. McLellan, of Miami Lakes, was 91 when he died May 11 of congestive heart failure, his son Rodney McLellan told The Miami Laker. The elder McLellan flew private planes for much of his life and one he once owned – a single-engine T 34 Mentor from the World War II era – will be flown over Miami Lakes...

     Diners who miss some of the dishes once served at Shula’s Steak House may want to check out ML Steaks + Sports.       The restaurant inside the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main has added new menu items, “with a throwback from Shula’s Steak House,” General Manager Bruce Lawrence said.      Those classic dishes  include: --Calamari Fries at $18, strips (not...

The Random Acts of Kindness Club at Miami Lakes K-8 Center went to Crandon Park on Key Biscayne on April 27 for the Club’s third annual beach clean-up.   Club members from third through sixth grades picked up litter and debris around the picnic grounds and behind dunes.   The kids were joined by family members. They filled three large gallon bags with trash picked up in the public park during the afternoon, the...

Justin Correra Barbara Goleman Senior High School “I want to go to the University of Alabama,” said Justin Correra. “I want to major in civil engineering. Hopefully after college, I’ll get a job in civil engineering. I’m not entirely sure [what I want to do] but I mainly want to focus on buildings.”  Hailie Prieto Barbara Goleman Senior High School “I’m going to FIU to...