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...

  Associated Press sports writer Tim Reynolds is the guest speaker for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s general membership luncheon meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, at Don Shula’s Hotel. Reynold’s topic will be “Applying Team Sports strategies to businesses and organizations.” Networking starts at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch at 12 noon. Deadline to reserve a table is at 2 p.m. on Friday,...

    The grand opening for the new Miami Lakes West Fire Station 64 is scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, October 23, at Miami Lakes Drive and N.W. 77 Court. The event will be highlighted by a ceremony recognizing former Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Roberto Alonso, who discovered the FDOT-owned land to build the facility nearly 10 years ago. At the time, Miami-Dade County was under a lot of pressure to buy land for a fire station to increase...