Baseball season is here and the Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is offering a total of seven free monthly field trips for seniors to attend Miami Marlins games this year. Transportation is provided to and from Town Hall, 6100 Main Street. Space is limited and required reservations will open one week prior to each game and remain open until all seats are filled. To reserve seating, contact Clarisell De Cardenas at...

  Miami Lakes Veterans Committee is inviting residents to join in the annual Tree Planting Ceremony taking place at 6 p.m. on Arbor Day, Friday, April 29, at Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. The annual celebration of Miami Lakes’ trees is free and open to the public. Activities are suitable for all ages including the tree planting, information and educational materials for residents, and tree care demonstrations by the...

  Miami Lakes Neighborhood Improvement Committee (NIC) will host a Community Forum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, inside Council chambers at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. At NIC’s January meeting, assistant Town Manager Andrea Agha provided an overall presentation of the Town’s Strategic Plan. The April 21 meeting will focus on the first two initiatives – Mobility and Economic Development – presented by Town...

  “About Boating Safety,”, a free single-session program offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, will be held at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on April 16 and May 28. Seating is limited but individuals and families are welcome and encouraged to attend the course which is sponsored by funded by the Perry J. Cohen Foundation in memory of one of the two teenagers lost a...

  The South Florida Building Officials Association (SFBOA) has named Miami Lakes’ Eliezer Palacio the Building Official of the Year for 2016, an honor bestowed upon the individual who has demonstrated “great work” in a town where he works.  The SFBOA is the South Florida Chapter of the Building Officials Association of Florida (BOAF). Palacio has been the Town of Miami Lakes’ Building Official for more than...