His House Children’s Home (HHCH), with sponsor partners Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises,  and Azamara Club Cruises, will host its 13th annual “Imagine” Charity Gala which has been rescheduled for October 22, at 7 p.m. at The JW Marriott Marquis Miami, 225 Biscayne Blvd. Way in Miami. The Master of Ceremony is Myriam Masihy, 7-time Emmy Award Winning Investigative Reporter at Telemundo 51 and NBC 6...

  When Miami Lakes Councilmember Manny Cid decided to run for mayor, 10 candidates initially filed papers to run for his vacant Seat 5, but only three qualified while the others failed to do so or withdrew from the race. Luis Collazo, former chair of the Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee; Esther Colon, a former town manager for Lauderdale by the Sea; and attorney Nayib Hassan are seeking the vacant seat on election day, November...

Miami Lakes residents have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Pumpkin Patch located at Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, 14800 N.W. 67 Avenue on the corner of Miami Lakes Drive and Ludlum Road. Two and a half truckloads of pumpkins are coming this year and the Patch is open every day. Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins!: One truckload came in on Wednesday, October 5, one is due on Friday, October 14 and another half load comes Friday,...

The Miami Lakes Town Council adopted a new tax rate for property taxes to help shield residents with Homestead Exemption from a tax hike, and a $35 million budget which included restoring funding for the city’s committees since volunteers play a major role in the town’s affairs.Lawmakers initially kept the 2.3518 rate but reduced it to the rollback rate of 2.3353 mills and closed the $40,000 budget deficit by cutting funding from...

A Candidate Forum for the November 8 general election will be held at noon on Tuesday, October 11, at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street, in Miami LakesThe Town has been hosting candidate forums for the past two elections with the Good Government Initiative (which is no longer active). Merrett R. Stierheim, a former interim Miami Lakes Town Manager, will serve as this year’s moderator in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of...