Miami Lakes Middle School’s girls basketball team are the new champions!The Tracie Pullum-coached Warriors defeated Southwood Middle School, 52-36, for the Miami-Dade County Middle School Basketball Championship two weeks ago.It was the first championship in the school’s history.The first two quarters of the championship game were close, but Miami Lakes Middle pulled away and claimed the championship.The team of sixth,...

    One of the captivating features of Miami Lakes is its green canopies shading residents from the Florida sun. Unbeknownst to many, nearly all the original trees in Miami Lakes came from a single nursery. During the planning stages of the community of Miami Lakes, a few years before any developments were made, a nursery was established and stocked with tens of thousands of trees and shrubs so while construction on the town...

  Miami Lakes elected officials including Mayor Michael Pizzi and Councilmembers Tim Daubert and Ceasar Mestre welcomed Promise Healthcare Hospital of Miami to the town during its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on May 20 at 14001 N.W. 82 Avenue.Following the opening ceremony, tours were given of the new $30 million 56,000 square foot and 60-bed built on a land leased from The Graham Companies in Miami Lakes Business Park...

  Northwest Miami-Dade residents who are reeling from the rock mining industry’s blasting that allegedly caused damages to their properties have turned to two state lawmakers in hopes of finding some solutions before the problem deteriorates and they have to spend more money for repairs.During the 2015 Legislative Session in Tallahassee, State Representative Manny Diaz Jr. and State Senator Rene Garcia, who represent the Town of...

  Carmen Sandino, senior at American Senior High School was named as one of 30 students throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties and selected among hundreds of applicants for this year’s Silver Knight award winners, a program created and continued by The Miami Herald to showcase the accomplishments of local students. The winners were announced at the James L. Knight Center in Downtown Miami on May 20.  Sandino reportedly...