Town Foundation awards $18,605 in grants for education, community

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

    The Miami Lakes Town Foundation has awarded $18,605 in 12 grants to local schools and a non-profit to support education and foster community.       The money comes from the annual Miami Lakes Food & Wine...

HML Model UN looks ahead to 2016 campaigns

Education Monday, January 11, 2016

  The Hialeah Miami Lakes High School Model UN Competition Team will look to continue its successful campaign in 2016. The team is currently working diligently on position papers for two upcoming competitions. HML will be one of the only schools in the area to attend the GatorMUN competition held annually at the University of Florida from January 29 - 31. GatorMUN is one of the region’s largest and most competitive high school...
  The Main Street Players, 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes, will present a staged reading of the hilarious British farce Run For Your Wife by Ray Cooney. A London cab driver, John Smith, is leading a double life, complete with two wives and two residences. He manages to juggle them successfully, until he ends up in the hospital following a mugging incident. When he gives the hospital two different addresses and the police begin...

A look ahead to what's in store for Miami Lakes in 2016

Community By The Miami Laker staff Wednesday, January 6, 2016

  Miami Lakes accomplished a lot of the goals that council members set in 2015, including opening the new Youth Center known as “The Spot,” completed a good portion of storm water drainage projects, opened up the new fire station, completed the Town Center zoning district map and construction of the Greenway along N.W. 77 Court, and achieved a Class Five flood insurance rating.   The town also launched the town’s...
  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club recently concluded its Fall 2015 Flag Football season. Over 200 children participated in the league this season, receiving trophies at the league's closing ceremony event on Saturday, December 12, at Royal Oaks Park. Congratulations to the 5-7 division champion Panthers (above left), 8-10 division champion Lions (above right), and 11-13 division champion Seahawks. The season was made possible in part by...

Town Council settles one Pizzi lawsuit for $460,000

Community Wednesday, January 6, 2016

  The Miami Lakes Town Council narrowly approved an agreement to pay Mayor Michael Pizzi’s attorney fees generated from his reinstatement court cases, settling one of his two lawsuits against the town in a legal dispute that has dragged on for eight months. The next step is for both sides to resolve Pizzi’s legal fees from his criminal trial, as his lawyers are seeking $2.5 million in court costs. At a special meeting two...
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