Precinct Change for Miami Lakes Runoff Election on Nov. 26

Featured By Linda Trischitta, Editor Friday, November 15, 2024

If Precinct 307 is your polling place, please note that it will be closed during the Nov. 26 runoff election for the Miami Lakes mayoral race. Instead of the Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, Precinct 307 voters should go to Precinct 308,...

Main St. Players' "The Pot" focuses on immigration and identity

Community By R.A. Romero, The Miami Laker staff Thursday, October 1, 2015

  Nathan, main character and narrator of Main Street Players’ new play The Pot best sums up his parent’s home, lifestyle and neighborhood in saying that it’s a place full of “cul-de-sacs, Cadillacs, and curvy roads that rarely intersect.” So when Nathan’s sister, Laura, brings home her undocumented boyfriend, Rick, and his sister, Diana, things begin to unravel and those rarely intersecting curvy...

MDFR, Town team up to focus on stroke awareness

Home By David L. Snelling, The Miami Laker staff Thursday, October 1, 2015

  An alarming number of stroke victims this year in Miami Lakes and a personal experience with the ailment have prompted a fire Battalion Chief to launch an awareness campaign to reduce the risk of Atrial Fibrillation, which can lead to heart failure and even death.According to Miami-Dade Fire Captain Abel Fernandez, more than 19 town residents suffered strokes so far in 2015, and they could’ve possibly been prevented through an...

Lakes resident seeks coupon donations for charity

Community Thursday, October 1, 2015

  Don't throw away all those coupons from Sunday's paper.Local resident and Miami-Dade College student, Marysela Liriano, wants to use her talent for couponing to help those in need. Liriano first began couponing a year ago and has since learned how to coupon in a way that she does not spend any money at the register. Her only costs go toward purchasing the newspapers that advertise the coupons. “My last coupon haul included 30...

M. Lakes cousins launch T-Rex Web startup

Business By R.A. Romero, The Miami Laker staff Thursday, October 1, 2015

  T-Rex Web, a Miami Lakes-based internet marketing company, has a slogan that reads: “T-Rex is ancient. Your business is not.” The words unfurl under a bright green origami T-Rex, and in this simple, yet eye-catching design, lies the heart of Andrew Bonilla’s and Daniel Rodriguez’s start-up company. Using a long extinct dinosaur fashioned out of a paper art that originated in the 15th century would seem like a...

Bovo, Garcia host Family Movie Night on Oct. 2

Community Thursday, October 1, 2015

  Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr., and State Senator Rene Garcia are inviting the community to Family Movie Night, presenting “Disney’s Descendants,” Friday, October 2, at Dade Christian School, 6601 N.W. 167 Street. The entertainment portion of the event starts at 6 p.m. with music, a magic show and tons of games, followed by the movie. The famous food trucks will be on hand and other refreshments will...
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