Third grade students at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School prepared awards for their elders to wear during Grandparents Day, held Sept. 6 at the P2K - 8th grade school in Miami Lakes.  Grandparents were invited to share a light breakfast in the school cafeteria, visit their grandchildren’s classrooms and attend Mass, according to teacher Christine Calvino, who took the photos.   Shown in the...

     In its final vote, the Miami Lakes council approved a historic low property tax rate.      Mayor Manny Cid and the council voted for the rollback rate of $2.07 per $1,000 of a property’s taxable value during their Sept. 26 meeting.       That levy will generate the same tax revenue as the current year.        It left Town Manager Edward Pidermann with...

    Miami Lakes AutoMall won unanimous site plan approval from the town council to expand and renovate a showroom.      Two buildings will be demolished during construction.       “We have two buildings in the middle of our property…what we’re doing is actually replacing the two-and-a half buildings with three nice, beautiful showrooms,” Miami Lakes AutoMall Partner...

Ariel Lopez, Broker Island Living Realty LLC, Miami Lakes:  “I have a few,” Ariel Lopez said.  “I love my neighbors, my son’s school and his friends. I love the community. “I also love how everything keeps developing with new restaurants, just everything that is happening around [Miami] Lakes,” he said.    Patricia Canut, Physical Education Teacher,...

Say hello to Missy, who lives in Miami Lakes with Joan and Dave Oliver.      Missy joined the family in 2012 after they searched for a Shih Tzu/Bichon Frise mix, sometimes called a Teddy Bear, Dave Oliver said.      He happened to find a puppy in Ohio, near where he was spending his 60th college class reunion.      The following year, Joan Oliver became unwell, her husband...