The Town of Miami Lakes has temporarily closed some athletic fields in Royal Oaks Park and Optimist Park for annual summertime maintenance of the turf.      The fields are scheduled to reopen Aug. 10.      While work is being done, some areas remain available for play.      Open spaces at Optimist Park are north of the basketball courts and the perimeter berm...

    Jimmer Fredette (in the first photo) and Celeste Taylor were among the athletes who trained at the Miami Lakes Athletic Club in June during USA Basketball’s latest visit to the  facility. USA Basketball is using the club as one of its training bases for the 3x3 national team program leading up to the Paris Olympics to be held in France July 26 - August 11, 2024.       Fredette is a...

    During our last exploration of the warehouses in the Lower East Side, just off Miami Lakes Drive and Northwest 60th Avenue there was the unlikely sight of people working out.        They were members of Caution Crossfit, at 14660 NW 60th Ave.  It has something for everyone including new moms, athletes guided by personal trainers and kids in a summer camp.       Established...

    Giuliana Ladeira of Miami Lakes Girl Scout Troop 902 earned a Silver Award for her project to attract Monarch butterflies by creating a butterfly garden at The Growing Place at Miami Lakes Congregational Church. Giuliana, shown at center in the photo above, and Scouts Gabriela Jimenez, at left, and Grace Gonzalez, shown at right, planted milkweed and other plants to attract the insects.     Giuliana is among 23...

     American Legion Post 144 honored two students from Miami Lakes K-8 Center on May 25. Max Davis and Ava Rodriguez, both rising sixth graders, received the American Legion School Medal and Certificate during a presentation at the school.       The students met six criteria to qualify: Courage; patriotism; honor; scholarship; leadership and service.      “This is the highest...