A police-sponsored clinic to teach children the skills and precautions to ride a bicycle safely in Miami Lakes is back and better than ever. The Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force and the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Miami Lakes section are hosting the 16th annual Bike Rodeo and Safety Day on Saturday, December 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Miami Lakes Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. The free event provides children bicycle...

“Camp Holocaust,” a dark comedy penned by Josh Tarjan and Adam Melnick, children of Holocaust survivors, will have a play reading at the Main Street Playhouse for one night only on Saturday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m. The play reading, directed by Robert Coppel, delves into the lives of two children of Holocaust survivors who wish to understand what their parents went through by opening a camp aptly named “Camp...

  Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee is hosting the 14th annual Children’s Holiday Storytelling at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 7, at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street. The holiday event is free and attendees will receive books donated by Janet Marti, director at Inspired 2 Think, and a member of the Town’s Education Advisory Board. Miami Lakes residents with children under the age of 5 will have an opportunity...

  Chris Nurse knows first hand the feeling of melancholia following the death of a loved one. The Fort Lauderdale Strikers soccer star lost his mother to breast cancer and her death sent him into a tailspin of despair. “It was so hard,” he said. But his mother’s death was the impetus for him to reach his dream of becoming a professional soccer player and the face of his organization to raise awareness of a disease that...

  Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. was unanimously elected vice chairman of the County Commission last week after Commissioner Jean Monestine was chosen as chairman of the 13-member board. During a ceremony at County Hall, elected officials welcomed new Commissioner Daniella Levin Cava of District 8, who defeated then-incumbent Lynda Bell in the August primary election. Monestine and Bovo replace outgoing chairwoman Rebecca...