As a result of Hurricane Irma, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) had to cancel seven days of school in September. Even with the loss of the seven instructional days, the District exceeds the minimum instructional hours required by the state in order to participate in the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP).However, the loss of instructional time resulted in impacts to student learning and therefore adjustments to the school...

Donald B. Boyd, USCGR, passed away on September 27, after a 5-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Boyd was a 66-year resident of Dade, 41-year resident of Miami Lakes, and a graduate from Hialeah High Class of 1965 and Barry University in 1991. He was a retired airfield operations supervisor with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department at Miami International and retired USCG Reserve CW04 with 4-years active duty and 30-years reserve...

The Miami Lakes Town Council gave its final approval to keep the same rate for property taxes and adopted a new $26 million budget for fiscal year 2017-2018.But the wrath of Hurricane Irma already delivered an impact to the spending plan, as the town, so far, will spend nearly $1.5 million from the town’s General Fund reserves for the clean-up and recovery efforts, hoping FEMA will reimburse 85 percent of the town’s expenses, said...

Patricia (Pat) Culbertson Graham, longtime Miami Lakes resident, widow of William (Bill) A. Graham, and matriarch of the Graham family that founded and developed the community of Miami Lakes, passed away in her sleep on September 25.Pat Graham was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 16, 1924 to Roy and Cynthia Culbertson. As a college student at the University of Minnesota studying journalism, she met Bill Graham who was stationed there...

Miami Lakes Zonta Club is accepting vendors for its annual Fall Flea Market scheduled for Saturday, October 28.Vendors, large and small, are invited to participate the event which offers an opportunity for residents to clean out their garage and closets, and turn their treasures, hobbies, and home business items into cash.The Flea Market will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, in the parking lots on the southwest corner of Main...