In its final vote, the Miami Lakes council approved a historic low property tax rate.      Mayor Manny Cid and the council voted for the rollback rate of $2.07 per $1,000 of a property’s taxable value during their Sept. 26 meeting.       That levy will generate the same tax revenue as the current year.        It left Town Manager Edward Pidermann with...

    Miami Lakes AutoMall won unanimous site plan approval from the town council to expand and renovate a showroom.      Two buildings will be demolished during construction.       “We have two buildings in the middle of our property…what we’re doing is actually replacing the two-and-a half buildings with three nice, beautiful showrooms,” Miami Lakes AutoMall Partner...

Ariel Lopez, Broker Island Living Realty LLC, Miami Lakes:  “I have a few,” Ariel Lopez said.  “I love my neighbors, my son’s school and his friends. I love the community. “I also love how everything keeps developing with new restaurants, just everything that is happening around [Miami] Lakes,” he said.    Patricia Canut, Physical Education Teacher,...

Say hello to Missy, who lives in Miami Lakes with Joan and Dave Oliver.      Missy joined the family in 2012 after they searched for a Shih Tzu/Bichon Frise mix, sometimes called a Teddy Bear, Dave Oliver said.      He happened to find a puppy in Ohio, near where he was spending his 60th college class reunion.      The following year, Joan Oliver became unwell, her husband...

Members of the Zonta Club of Miami Lakes served lunches on Sept. 4 at Camillus House in downtown Miami. Camillus House supports the hungry and homeless in Miami-Dade County.       Back row from left: Camillus House Chef Darrick Bradford and Zonta Club members Donna  Cumberland; Dallas Gory and Judy Smallwood. In the second row: Maria Maderos; Patty Stanley and Marie Korenstein. In front are Jan Hammond and Helen...