The Reindeer Run 5K presented by Headquarter Toyota to benefit the Miami Lakes Veterans Committee attracted runners to Business Park West and Veterans Park on Dec. 14. The veterans use funds raised for the Miami Lakes Veterans Families Scholarship as well as other projects in town. During the opening ceremonies for the race, officials displayed a $10,000 from the committee that represented proceeds from the 2023 run that will go toward...

     The Town of Miami Lakes is hosting a quarterly Neighborhood Service District town council workshop on Jan. 16.       The purpose of the meeting is for the council to address residents’ concerns about entrance gates and lake maintenance in the six Neighborhood Service Districts.      Residents of homeowner associations built around lakes are also invited to participate and...

      The Miami Lakes town council unanimously approved extending the contract with the Miami-Dade Police Department.       The law enforcement agency works out of Town Hall.       Approved on Oct. 29, the contract runs until Sept. 30, 2029. It will cost the town $11 million for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, a 31% increase over the 2019 agreement, mainly from increases to...

     The Miami Lakes Athletic Club donated $500 to the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative on Dec. 18.  The athletic club held events in October to raise awareness about breast cancer and accept members’ donations for the cause. The money will be used to support The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative’s efforts to provide mammograms and scans to women, part of its mission to intervene early...

    The Miami Lakes K-8 Center’s debate team took trophies back to campus after three different competitions.       During the Nov. 16 competition at Florida International University, the Owls won three top speaker awards and three top team awards.       Earlier in the season, the young debaters won second place at the Oct. 19 competition held at the University of...