The Graham Companies will host a workshop on Aug. 28 at Miami Lakes Town Hall to present its newest development: Lakeside Village, a multifamily rental community that it plans to build on the banks of Graham Dairy Lake. The apartments to be built were originally part of a proposed senior village planned for that site, along Oak Lane at Northwest 146th Street.   After many years of hard work and significant financial investment, the...

  The Town of Miami Lakes and its Elderly Affairs Committee presented an information session about voting at town hall on Aug. 8. Staff from the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office gave away hats and bags to promote voting, and provided information about deadlines to register to vote, how to vote-by-mail and how to submit a ballot, as well as file ballots for immediate family members.      Staff from the...

Maurits Acosta   Senior at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School  Student advisor, Miami-Dade County School Board Hialeah   “While I think teachers and the school district should absolutely be able manage screen time and cell phone usage in the classroom, I am not in favor of a cell phone restriction like the one implemented in Broward County,” Maurits Acosta wrote in an...

 Kid’s Choice Learning Center held a ribbon cutting on July 25 to celebrate the opening of the new school.       The new daycare and voluntary pre-Kindergarten center is in a renovated building at 6152 NW 153rd St. It offers services for kids who are 12 months to four years old.        Kid’s Choice is run by the Leal family of Miami Lakes. Friends and neighbors joined them at the...

It’s the rainy season, and recent heavy downpours flooded town streets with excess water that rose toward front doors.  The Town of Miami Lakes is offering teenagers an opportunity to earn community service hours by making sandbags to help protect properties. Kids can volunteer at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 NW 87th Ave. Contact John Paul Yanes, at yanesj@miamilakes-fl.gov.       The sandbags are free to...