Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee and Youth Activities Task Force (YATF) are jointly hosting the Town’s 2nd annual Family Health and Fitness Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. This year, YATF will hold their annual Bike Rodeo in conjunction with the Fitness Fair and included is a community bike ride which will begin and end at the Collins Community...

  Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board announced that applications for the 2016 Miami Lakes Future Leaders Scholarship, presented by The Graham Companies, are now available. Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors who are residents of the Town of Miami Lakes. All applications must be received by Monday, April 11, and will be forwarded to the Education Advisory Board for its members to select two...

  For residents who may have missed the March 1 Homestead Exemption deadline, Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Pedro J. Garcia invites them to meet one-of-one with his staff from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. The staff will review an individual’s exemption status and address questions or concerns. Attendees are asked to complete the “Extenuating Circumstances” form in order for...

  Miami Lakes Councilmember and mayoral candidate Manny Cid was appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2016 Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Committee. The committee released a statement last week after NLC president Melodee Colbert-Kean appointed Cid to the committee, which has the lead responsibility for developing NLC federal policy positions on issues involving national economic policy, general...

  A traffic safety issue at the intersection of N.W. 67 Avenue and Windmill Gate Road in Miami Lakes took a turn for the worse last month when two back-to-back accidents left several people seriously injured and had to be airlifted to the hospital. Traffic congestion in the area poses a safety hazard for motorists and pedestrians, as vehicles have little room to make right or left turns on the two-lane road leading in and out of the...