MLK-8 Center student wins illustrated poem contest

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, June 18, 2025

     Hannah Quinones-Cao, an eighth grader at Miami Lakes K-8 Center, won 1st Place in the American Chemical Society’s Illustrated Poem contest. Her original poem and art for the theme “Glaciers: Hot Topic, Cool...

YATF hosts Student Job Fair on April 22

Community Thursday, April 6, 2017

Town of Miami Lakes, in partnership with its Youth Activities Task Force and Economic Development Committee, will host a Student Job Fair to connect high school, college and graduating students with businesses looking to hire seasonal, entry-level and intern positions for this summer.The Job Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 22, at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151  N.W. 82 Avenue.The previous Job Fairs drew...
Town of Miami Lakes has revamped its current website, www.miamilakes-fl.gov, to make it easier to find information about services and initiatives. The contest of the newly designed website is based on the needs of residents, organized b topic, and provides multiple ways for people to find information in a convenient manner.The redesign was completed as part of the Town’s Strategic Plan goal to achieve better communication, transparency,...
The Town of Miami Lakes is hosting a Town Hall meeting to discuss the possibility of opening up bridges at N.W. 170 Street in Hialeah and N.W. 154 Street (Miami Lakes Drive) in Miami Lakes.The meeting, which is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30 at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street, was called following residents’ concerns over the projects causing more traffic problems from motorists in Miami Lakes and Palm Springs North.In February,...

Spring Break camps open April 10-14

Community Thursday, April 6, 2017

Miami-Dade County School’s Spring Break is just around the corner from April 10 to 14 and now is the time to register students, ages 5 to 12, at one of the Miami Lakes’ Day Camps through partnerships with PEAR and the YMCA.The Program is Education, Afterschool and Resiliency (PEAR) camp is offered at the Town’s Youth Center “The Spot,” 6075 Miami Lakes Drive East. PEAR’s innovative wellness-based curriculum...
In one week, Main Street Players at 6766 Main Street, will present the South Florida premiere of Marjorie Prime, the 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist written by Jordan Harrison.The play features 85-year-old Marjorie, feisty and physically fit, but battling the loss of memory. She is living with her quick-witted daughter facing her own life crisis and her daughter’s easy-going husband. There is also the 35-year-old holographic version...
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