Miami Lakes Branch Library, in partnership with The Children’s Trust Read to Learn Books for Free Program, held a special reading circle with special presenters – Mayor Manny Cid and Councilmember Luis Collazo – who read and brought their favorite children’s stories to life. The free book program collects books for children and parents in need throughout Miami-Dade and distributes them to 40 different locations.

The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (MTPO) Governing Board recently approved the list of 2017 Transportation Alternatives Program priority projects which includes two submitted by the Town of Miami Lakes.The N.W. 59 Avenue project calls for the creation of sidewalks, safe pedestrian crossings, bicycle lanes, pedestrian scaled lighting, and accessible pedestrian signals from N.W. 154 Street to N.W. 167 Street. When completed,...

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee (EAC) concludes its 11th annual Senior Games Series with some slam dunk fun! Seniors are invited to join the Basketball Free Throw, Three Point Shoot, and Cornhole competitions starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 26, at Shula’s Athletic Club, 15150 Bull Run Road.Senior Games participants will receive a snazzy t-shirt and medals will be awarded to winners in each age division for the male and...

Miami Lakes assistant Town Manager Andrea Agha recently received the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Credentialed Manager Candidate designation. She will become an ICMA Credential Manager in November 2018.Agha is one of over 1,400 local government management professionals who participated in the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program. To be Credentialed, a member must have significant experience as a senior management...

There’s just something magical about Miami Lakes according to Ricardo Humaran, who shared his first date and proposed to his now-wife Lilibet Artola-Humaran on Main Street. Whatever it is that pulls Humaran in to the quaint town of Miami Lakes, it made him decide to open his own dental office here at 15495 Eagle Nest Lane, Suite 200.Arriving from Cuba as a 12-year-old, Humaran followed in his mother’s footsteps, Norma Sixto, who...