Town honors teen for raising awareness about childhood cancer

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, November 13, 2024

     Miami Lakes officials honored Jeremy “JJ” Matthews during the Sept. 10 Town Council meeting for his efforts to raise awareness about childhood cancer.       JJ, 13, is a survivor of...

Stage Kiss runs from April 22 to May 15

Community Monday, May 2, 2016

  Stage Kiss, a hilarious comedy by Sarah Ruhl, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her acclaimed The Clean House, will hit the stage at Miami Lakes’ local theatre, the Main Street Playhouse at 6766 Main Street, from April 22 to May 15, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. The play, directed by Marina Pareja of FIU and produced by Dennis Lyzniak, is the story of She and He, two actors in their mid-forties, who are...

 

Grace De La Torre, flower/designer of Garden in a Pot Flower and Gift Shop on Main Street in Miami Lakes, was the guest speaker at the March meeting of the Miami Lakes Garden Club. She gave a presentation on how to crfeate orchid floral arrangements. The Garden Club meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.

Charter mail-in ballot set for May 17

Community Monday, May 2, 2016

  The fate of Miami Lakes’ bureaucracy now lies in the hands of residents after the Town Council set an election date for voters to amend the city’s charter or keep it in tact. The May 17 mail-in ballot election will determine if residents want to shake up their government based on the suggested changes made by the Miami Lakes Charter Revision Commission, which submitted its final report and election cycle to council members...
  Bob Graham Education Center’s 7th Grade Bobcat Law Society won first place at the 2016 Project Citizen Fair at Florida International University’s School of Law. The group presented the Breanna Vergara EKG Initiative project, named after the 11-year-old Miami Lakes resident who died of a rare heart condition after she collapsed during dance practice in 2014. Her mother, Claudia  Vergara, said her daughter died from...
  During its April 5 regular meeting, the Miami Lakes Town Council approved a handful of resolutions, one ordinance and a some new business items proposed  by Council members. • Council members approved a smaller information guide of the proposed charter changes for mailing to registered voters along with a postcard before they are set to vote through a mail-in ballot for the May 17 special election. Council members shot down...
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