The following Miami Lakes area churches have scheduled special services for the Easter season: Our Lady of the Lakes, located at 6600 Miami Lakeway North, is celebrating Holy week with mass and confessions leading up to Easter Sunday. The church is holding Saturday confessions on Saturday, March 19 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. English vigil for Palm Sunday will take place on March 20 at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., and distribution of palms and mass at...

Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church will be hosting its 42nd annual Spring Festival on the school grounds on N.W. 67 Avenue and Miami Lakeway North (N.W. 158 St.) the weekend of March 10 through 13. Guests can stroll through the main section, play games, visit local business exhibits and stop for dinner. The food court features an array of international cuisine. There is something for every taste including Latin, Cuban, Mexican, Italian,...

  Team Graham Companies/Shula’s participated in the 2016 Dolphin Cancer Challenge on February 20 by riding, running and walking raising nearly $12,000 in the annual event. Employees from The Graham Companies, Shula’s Hotel and Hotel Indigo Miami Lakes, as well as friends and family made up the team of 18. Since its inaugural ride in 2010, the Dolphin Cancer Challenge has raised over $11 million for cancer research at the...

  As part of Miami Lakes 10th annual Senior Games, a Senior Softball game was held on February 10 at Miami Lakes Optimist Park where the Home team “Geezers” captured an exciting 7-6 victory in the bottom of the 10th inning. Participating were (kneeling, from left) Mariano Fernandez and Fred Rodriguez; (standing, from left) Ed Londono, Alberto Sordo-Ramos, Lee Collins, Bob Jones, Peter Fishel, Angel Heernandez, Dave Oliver,...

  The Miami Lakes Town Council would pick the next town manager and town attorney with public input instead of placing the sole responsibility on the mayor in the latest round of proposed charter amendments to give lawmakers equal powers to select the top administrators to run the day-to-day operations. Last week, the Miami Lakes Charter Revision Commission recommended the changes and lawmakers must set a date for an election for...