Miami Lakes Middle School eighth-grade student Deeanna Jones was honored for recording  perfect attendance for seven consecutive years during the school’s 2016 Banquet and Awards ceremony last month.Jones also made the school’s Superior Honor Roll for three grading periods during the 2015-2016 school year, and she was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society and The National Association of Student Councils.Jones...

  DepositAccounts released the 2016 edition of its Top 200 Healthiest Credit Unions in America which once again included Miami Lakes’ own JetStream Federal Credit Union. This marks the the third consecutive year JetStream has been named, a feat only accomplished by 42 out of 6,603 federally insured credit unions.  DepositAccounts rates credit unions annually based on evaluations of the financial health which are graded...

The Town of Miami Lakes and Mayor Michael Pizzi’s attorneys have reached an agreement over a temporary stay in his lawsuit against the town which is demanding the city pays his lawyers $2.5 million for successfully defending him during his criminal trial.According to the accord, both sides have put on hold any court proceedings relating to the lawsuit for six months, including dispositions and motions to reimburse attorneys fees, to...

Town of Miami Lakes’ submission for the Par 3 Central Park has been selected as a finalist in the Miami Foundation’s 2016 Public Space Challenge.One of 56 selected finalists from a pool of more than 400 ideas, the Town seeks to transform the Par 3 Golf Course, located on the east side of the Palmetto Expressway and south of N.W. 154 Street, into Miami Lakes Par 3 Central Park.The 32-acre parcel of land is being acquired by the...

A FitBit Challenge has swept through Miami Lakes Town Hall. Councilmembers Manny Cid and Ceasar Mestre along with Town Manager Alex Rey (pictured front center) along with nearly all Town staff members proudly display their FitBits. Cigna Health Insurance provided the Town with wellness dollars and under Cid’s initiative, the Town partnered with FitBit for the wellness challenge. “The goal is to save taxpayer dollars by keeping our...