Madison Fernandez, a Miami Lakes resident and second grade student at Immaculate Conception Catholic School, recently celebrated her 8th birthday by asking all who attended her birthday party to bring clothing donations for Sunil's Orphanage in India. All of Madison's peers and their siblings were invited to the party which took place at Monsignor Edward Pace High School. Apart from the second graders at Immaculate, Miami Lakes...

  Ballet Etudes School has been devoted to dance education for over 40 years. The studio was founded in 1974 in Hialeah and its Miami Lakes area location has been operating since 1990. Now the company has decided to expand further in the Hialeah area where it already runs its main facility. The new school will be located at 2021 West 62 Street and will welcome children ages 3-16. “We are hoping to make ballet education accessible...

  The 35th annual Miami Lakes Veterans Day Parade will take place on Sunday, November 9, beginning promptly at 10 a.m. The parade will begin at the corner of Bull Run Road and Ludlam Road (N.W. 67 Avenue) and will head south on Ludlam Road. Spectator grandstands will be located at Main Street and Ludlam Road. The parade will turn east on Eagle Nest Road and proceed north to Main Street and then turn west to the Miami Lakes Government...

  Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. (District 13) presented a Harvest Festival on Sunday, November 2, to kick off the weekly Farmers Market at Amelia Earhart Park. The event featured vendors selling fresh produce, plants, herbs and other local foods, as well as live entertainment, games, contests, free pony rides, a petting zoo and animal adoptions. The new Farmers Market will be held every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at...

  Miami Lakes children, as well as students from area schools, are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Main Street Banner Art Contest where up to 26 winners’ artwork will be showcased down Main Street on the light pole banners. This year's theme is: “My Home, My Community.” Artworks can show, but are not limited to, any of the following attributes that connect with Miami Lakes: Culture + Heritage, Parks + Nature,...