Florida International University has designated its first home football game of the season as “Miami Lakes Night.”      FIU is offering general admission seats in the endzone for $11 -- which is $6 off the usual price -- to see the team as they play Maine on Saturday, Sept. 2.      Tickets and more information are available at https://buff.ly/3OHMrn9.   ...

     It took 30 years, but Sly Fowler’s goal to get a school zone extended 90 feet to protect children who walk between the Crooked Palm neighborhood and Miami Lakes K-8 Center finally happened in time for this school year.      “I used to walk my son there and it was just scary,” Fowler said of his boy, Adam, who is now a man.       Cars pass at 40 mph outside of the...

     When John McGoohan cracked a tooth on a chicken wing one Sunday, he called Dr. Dennis Mohney’s cell phone and the dentist responded to his emergency.      “He’s the best,” said Ileana McGoohan about Mohney, who is retiring after caring for patients in Miami Lakes for 47 years.      “We’re just so happy for him, but at the same time, we’re...

     Residents may not realize how much money goes underground in Miami Lakes.  The town has undertaken 16 stormwater remediation projects, estimated to eventually cost $33.9 million.     Stormwater improvements have been underway since 2021, to alleviate flooding and improve water quality.       “You’ll see the construction with the excavation of the dirt and...

    Grab your bicycles and scooters! The Town of Miami Lakes Culinary Bike Tour -- when cyclists ride between restaurants to sample small bites – returns Sept. 9.      Riders will take a five-mile nighttime journey through the Lake Katharine, Lake Patricia and Cypress Village shopping centers. It starts and ends on Main Street.       This year, a 14-seat party bike sold out...