Updated from the Sept. 5 print edition   During a Special Call Meeting last week, the Town Council voted 5-0 to hire the Akerman LLP law firm to assist Town Attorney Raul Gastesi to protect the town’s charter from a pending lawsuit by suspended mayor Michael Pizzi.  Lawmakers made it abundantly clear they were sworn into office to uphold the Miami Lakes town charter and voiced their opinions that the additional legal...

  Coming upon the one year anniversary of the newly remodeled McDonald’s located at 7435 Miami Lakes Drive, the restaurant is better than ever. Numbers have continued to rise and Diego Melians, the restaurant's Operations Supervisor, believes that valuing customers is key. “We always make it a priority to look after our customers. We offer good food at a good price,” said Melians. “So if we can make them feel...

  Pat Graham, widow of Bill Graham who created the planned community of Miami Lakes and former chairman of The Graham Companies, celebrated her 90th birthday on August 16 among family and friends. The event was a “royal celebration” fitting for a queen. In fact, Pat Graham was crowned and given her royal sash as soon as she arrived for the luncheon at the Miami Lakes home of Carol and Stu Wyllie. Four generations of the...

  Miami Lakes residents and Our Lady of the Lakes students (left) Aly Costa, 8, and Cindy Costa, 4, caught their first foul ball during the Marlins-St. Louis Cardinals game at Marlins Stadium on August 13. Their trip to the stadium was thanks to their father, long time resident and Miami Lakes attorney Maurice Costa, who won the tickets in a raffle held back in May during Ben Shepard Elementary’s second annual golf tournament at...

  Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Manny Cid recently climbed atop the roof at IKEA’s first store in Miami-Dade County. His IKEA tour primarily focused on the store’s 178,000 square feet of solar panels on the rooftop. Cid said he would like to bring solar panel technology to Miami Lakes’ government buildings. “Renewable and alternative sources of energy, such as solar, will continue to become a bigger part of our overall...