Miami Lakes Public Safety Committee (PSC) will host an event to promote World Stroke Day at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, at the new MDFR Fire Station 64, 15325 N.W. 77 Court, in Miami Lakes. The event, done in partnership with Battalion Chief Abel Fernandez, who is also a member of the Town’s PSC will include Fire Rescue officials who will be available to provide information on Atrial Fibrillation, a known cause of...

  Kids of all ages are invited to Nightmare on Montrose on Halloween Saturday, October 31, beginning at the haunting hour of 5 p.m. at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue (Montrose Road). The free event will feature pumpkin decorating, a costume contest, a costume parade for the little ghosts and ghouls, music, food trucks and other frightening activities. A scare zone will frighten guests between the hours of 7:30 to...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) principal, James V. Parker, who will officially retire in early 2016, has been selected as a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor given by the Town of Miami Lakes. Parker was selected as a result of his work with the school which has earned seven consecutive A grades. Parker will be honored by Miami Lakes following Mayor Michael Pizzi’s State of the Town address on Wednesday,...

  Miami Lakes residents are anticipating the opening of the town’s new Youth Center nicknamed “The Spot.” The center is scheduled to open in early November and will be a state-of-the-art facility that will serve this and future generations of youth in the town. “The Spot,” located at 6075 Miami Lakes Drive in Miami Lakes Park East, is a 4,000 square-foot building with multipurpose activity rooms, classrooms...

  The Town of Miami Lakes and Loving Soles will partner for the third year in a row in an effort to collect shoes for the needy. The local charity, dedicated to putting shoes on the feet of those that need them most. Founded by Tony Garcia, Dr. Daryl Gershbein, Dr. John McGoohan and Illeana McGoohan’s teenage children, Loving Soles will donate the shoes to Camillus House. Gently worn shoes may be dropped off at Town Hall during...