Miami Lakes’ Youth Activities Task Force (YATF) presents the 2015 Movies at the Park Series. The free movie event takes place at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 Montrose Road (N.W. 82 Avenue.) The series kick-off is scheduled for Friday, January 16, at 8 p.m., and will continue every other week through March 13 for a total of five films. The YATF is offering residents an opportunity to choose the movies they want to see by...

  Miami Lakes Mayor Wayne Slaton and Town Manager Alex Rey joined Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez and the Beacon Council on December 10 in recognizing two of the town’s local businesses - Sweepy Group Products and Cummins Power South, LLC. The two companies were among 39 companies honored for establishing or expanding operations in Miami-Dade County during the Beacon Council’s 2014 Key Ceremony and Holiday...

  Pills Plus, Inc., a pharmacy service first established in Miami Lakes at 7801 N.W. 146 Street in mid-2009, is celebrating the recent accomplishment of pharmacy owner, Ines Gomez, who received her Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University. Gomez first received her bachelors of science in Paralegal Studies from Nova Southeastern University and in addition to owning Pills Plus Pharmacy, run by her mother Rosario Lopez as general...

  Miami Lakes kids can start the new year off by getting in shape with the Town’s Just Run Program that promotes fitness for elementary and middle school students for four months. The five-year-old program, offered by the Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force for kids between the ages of 5 and 14, kicks off in January and will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W....

  Founded in 2013, the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Hope for Autism United Soccer Foundation, also known as Autism Soccer, has a new home in Miami Lakes thanks in large part to a growing list of sponsors and donors. Autism Soccer’s leader, the energetic former 2nd Division Soccer professional Oscar Amuz, says his dream of helping children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and intellectual disabilities through soccer has come...