The Miami Lakes Town Council adopted a transportation improvement plan to incorporate the proposal into the town’s new Strategic Plan, as town officials are scrambling for solutions for the traffic problems on the town’s busiest roadways.At the October 6 regular meeting, council members approved a resolution for the improvement plan that the town, county and state brain trust assembled at the Transportation Summit held in...

  Miami Lakes United Methodist Church invites the community to join in on the fun at the annual Pumpkin Patch. The Patch is open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and offers pumpkins of all sizes for sale as well as decorative gourds of all shapes. Admission to the Pumpkin Patch is free, though separate events do require tickets.  Three full truckloads of pumpkins are scheduled to arrive at the church this year. Each truckload contains...

  To keep the Halloween scares relegated to the haunted houses and away from injury, follow these helpful tips on safety, courtesy of The Miami Laker. Spooky and Safe Streets: According to www.safekids.org, “On average, children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year.” To ensure safety on or near roads, trick-or-treaters should be: Seen, Aware, Free of...

  Shula’s Athletic Club, located at 15150 Bull Run Road, Miami Lakes, asks the community to join #TeamShula in the fight against breast cancer. Throughout the month of October the athletic club will be raising funds with a variety of events. The proceeds will go toward the Miami Lakes organization, Women’s Breast and Heart Initiative, whose mission is to save lives by connecting at-risk and underserved women in the community...

  Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. generously donated $15,000 to the Town of Miami Lakes to ensure the continuation of senior programming at Mary Collins Community Center. The donation will allow classes to continue for approximately six months beginning this month. Funding for the programs had been cut during the State legislative session. The town’s Elderly Affairs Committee proposed moving funds from its budget to allow...