The Town of Miami Lakes will mark its 25th year as a municipality this year when it incorporated and separated from Miami-Dade County.      The town unveiled a new logo on Sept. 3 to celebrate the milestone. There are two versions: the one shown above that acknowledges the town’s dairy farm history and tree canopy, and a second one that is gray and white that also incorporates the number 25,...

Sept. 18 Senior Bingo Luncheon Join the Elderly Affairs Committee for bingo, a meal and prizes. Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 NW 87th Ave. Ages 60+. 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Free. Pre-registration required at Toml.Eventbrite.com.  Sept. 20 Skate Miami Lakes Grab your skateboard, rollerblades, roller skates or scooter and come out to the monthly Skate Miami Lakes program, in conjunction with nonprofit organization SkateFree....

    Lucia Barreneche Gallo, 10, of Colombia at left and Chloe Andrade, 11, of Miami Lakes, showed off medals won on June 28 in Orlando.      They competed in the USTA Junior Circuit: Summer Kickoff, held at the United States Tennis Association’s national campus.       Chloe, 11, of Miami Lakes, and Lucia, 10, of Colombia, played singles.  Chloe won her 12U division match and...

     U.S. News & World Report ranked Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy in Hialeah a Top 100 school in its annual report in August.      “I think it’s fantastic,” Principal Jose Enriquez Jr. said. “I think it’s great for our community and our school, particularly the hard-working teachers and students.”      Enriquez said feedback from parents is they are...