Vice Mayor Carlos O. Alvarez resigned from the Miami Lakes Town Council late Tuesday night, just one year into his second four-year term. Alvarez said his duties as an educator had to take priority at this point in his life. Alvarez opened the City of Hialeah Educational Academy (COHEA) in 2008, and works with the CIVICA network of schools, according to his town biography. He said the school system is growing. "As my...

Councilman Tony Fernandez's first Pumpkins and Pages storytelling event invited kids to Miami Lakes Town Hall on Oct. 13 to hear two Halloween stories.  The event featured plenty of Halloween-themed fun, including free children's books; pumpkins filled with candies; coloring books with crayons and cookies and juice.  There was also a themed backdrop for family pictures and cut outs of Linus and Sally from...

Give Miami Day is coming up next week. It’s the annual event that invites people in South Florida to donate online to their favorite non-profits that are among the 1,100 organizations that participate. Last year 41,000 donors gave more than $32 million to such groups, according to The Miami Foundation, which hosts the 24-hour event on Nov. 16. There are many groups in and near Miami Lakes that donors may support and are close...

William G. Perez, Ret. Col., U.S. Marine Corps, Chair, Miami Lakes Veterans Committee, Miami Lakes      “[Former President Dwight D.] Eisenhower,” William G. Perez said. “He was the epitome of the statesman senator, and he was a very humble person, but also he was one of those folks who recognized how foreign policies could be impacted by business interests. Him being a five-star...

     On Oct. 17 and Oct. 20, the Graham Companies sent two teams of employee volunteers to work on a home it sponsored for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami.  The volunteers installed baseboards, trimmed windows and landscaped the property around the mint green house in northwest Miami-Dade County. The highlight after two days of volunteering was the home dedication for new owner Antoinette and her son....