Mayor Wayne Slaton and the Town Council presented a Certificate of Excellence to young resident Christina Delgado, a Miami Lakes K-8 Center student, at the January 13 Council meeting, for her exceptional volunteer service. For more than three years, Delgado has been a member of the Youth Activities Task Force (YATF) and is the committee’s current vice chair. She has volunteered hundreds of hours of her time to events hosted by...

  Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee announced its 2015 Field Trip schedule. Field trips are reserved for Miami Lakes residents 55 years and above. Free transportation is provided from Town Hall to each location The schedule: • Tuesday, February 24, Knaus Berry Farm • Monday, March 9, Phil’s Berry Farm • Thursday, April 2, Perez Art Museum To reserve seating and receiving a confirmation number, contact Jackie...

  Miami Lakes Branch Library announced the following programs are available for the public during February: For Children and Families: Reading Ready Toddler Storytime - Stories, songs and activities for toddlers and their care givers at 11 a.m. on Thursdays, February 5, 12, 19 and 26. Read Along, Sing a Song with the Florida Grand Opera – A special storytime featuring the rich history of African Americans in a fun, digestible...

  Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force continues the free Movies in the Park series featuring blockbuster films every other Friday evening through March. Showtime is 8 p.m. at Miami Lakes Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. Attendees are encouraged to bring their appetites as there will be a variety of food trucks on site. The remaining Movies in the Park schedule: • Friday, February 13 – “Alexander and The Terrible, No...

A corner shop with a view of the grand oak tree in Main Street is now home to L.A. Sweets, a shop with a story as sweet as its cupcakes. Letty Alvarez was living in Virginia with her husband Eddie Dominguez and their five children when news came of her father’s cancer in the form of an inoperable brain tumor. Alvarez and her family made the move back to their roots in South Florida to look after her father until his passing. Alvarez,...