Sue Drake answers the door with a smile, clad in a green shirt (her favorite color) with a large button pinned near the collar, featuring a cow, that reads: “Holy Cow! It’s My 95th Birthday!”Cows have long been an icon of Miami Lakes and Drake remembers a time where cows were so prevalent in the area that a neighbor had cows frequently come up into her yard, deterred only by a chicken-wire fence.The jumbo-sized birthday card...

Longtime Miami Lakes resident Alvin L. West, CFO and Senior Vice President of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, has earned the prestigious designation of Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) from the worldwide Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI).DMAI promotes and advances the success of Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) worldwide.West is one of only 400 professionals from 16 countries...

Principal of Bob Graham Education Center is pictured greeting students and parents and handing out bracelets during the first week back from summer break. The 2016-2017 school year in Miami-Dade County resumed on Monday, August 22 and will end on June 9, 2017. 

Miami Lakes Branch Library presents Musical Moments with local Latin artist Pavel Vitier at 3 p.m., Saturday, September 17 at 6999 Windmill Gate Road.Vitier, a composer/writer and guitarist, will deliver a special  performance of great dance music with a mixture of modern Latin sounds.He has collaborated in recordings for such artists as Willy Chirino, Donato Poveda and Edwin Bonilla.Vitier also performed and toured with Cachao,...

Miami Marlins Thursday home games are free for seniors 55 years and older. Pictured is a large group of Miami Lakes seniors ready to board their free bus at Town Hall for the August 25 Marlins vs. Kansas City Royals game. The group is decked out with their red 2016 Miami Lakes Seniors Sluggers shirts. During the game, the Miami Lakes group was shown three times on the stadium’s Jumbo Tron screen. Of the six games the Senior Sluggers...