Miami Lakes Youth Center “The Spot” has several unique events lined up during July for youngsters in middle and high school.On Friday, July 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. it’s “A Knight of Chess.” Don’t know how to play chess, participants can learn and be playing in no time.On Wednesday, July 13, from 6 to 8 p.m., it’s “Plague Inc. Game Night.” This promises to be an epic gaming night with Plague...

Town of Miami Lakes recently released its Second Quarter Performance Report for January-March 2016.The entire report can be found on the Town website by visiting www.miamilakes-fl.gov/manager. The report provides a narrative for individual performance areas and shares information on department goals and successes.Highlights of the report include statistics in Police Targeted Crimes showing the lowest crime rate since the Town incorporated,...

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee will be hosting twice-monthly nutritious lunches and bingo for seniors on the second and fourth Wednesdays of July, August and September.The social event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. It is sponsored by The Graham Companies, Always At Your Side Adult Day Care, Florida Pace Centers, Giardino Gourmet Salads, and District 13 Miami-Dade County...

Jasmine “Jazz” Fernandez, daughter of Abel and Karen Fernandez of Miami Lakes, has graduated at the top of her class at Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota. She received her BFA in Motion Design with high honors and was also named the Trustee Scholar, the highest honor a student can receive at Ringling.Fernandez is a former resident of Miami Lakes and attended Miami Lakes Elementary, Miami Lakes Middle School and...

American Airlines donated $40,000 to St. Thomas University in honor of American Airlines vice president Marilyn DeVoe, who is retiring after 39 years with the airline.DeVoe, a lifelong advocate for education, has served as vice president since 2010.Her relationship with STU started 17 years ago, when she worked with the school’s president Monsignor Franklyn Casale to build a vocational school in Haiti called Haiti Tec. It was built by...