The following actions were taken by the Miami Lakes Town Council at the May 5 regular meeting: • Lawmakers gave their final approval on an ordinance to amend the town’s budget by reallocating $400,000 from the fund balance to the general fund budget to pay for the attorney fees in the lawsuit Mayor Michael Pizzi filed against the town to get his job back after he was acquitted of public corruption charges last year. •...

  Carlo Krockel, owner of Adazzles Salon and Beauty Supply in Miami Lakes, is continuing a series of paying-it-forward altruism wherein he finds deserving members of the community by partnering with local church representatives to offer a complete makeover free of charge. Adazzles was featured early this year for the Pay It Forward campaign on NBC/Telemundo. “I did this because I just want to give back to the community,”...

  HeartWare, a global medical device company dedicated to delivering safe, high-performing and transformative therapies that enable patients with heart failure to get back to life, recently won Miami-Dade Beacon Council Award in the Life Sciences category. During the organization’s 13th annual awards ceremony held at the University of Miami Student Activities Center in Coral Gables, the Miami Lakes company, located at 14420 N.W....

  Miami Lakes Branch Library announced the following programs are available for the public during May: For Children and Families: Moving Up and Ahead - Your Child’s Transition – The workshop targets families of children transitioning to Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle or High school, and helps parents to develop the skills they need to be effective partners with school staff. Program is sponsored by the Parent Academy of...

  The promotional poster for the West of Cannes Film Festival shows a swimmer wearing a vintage yellow scuba helmet, nestled in the comfort of a small underwater tub. The quirky drawing, created by artist Jimmy Adamico, gives the impression that treasures can be found even in the most familiar of places, like within the imaginary oceans of a bathtub or inside a small theatre in the heart of Miami Lakes.  The first annual West of...