In the Town of Miami Lakes, Reneé Wilson is the grants and governmental affairs manager who acquires funding for important projects in town.  Some improvements are invisible, such as drainage systems buried underground to ease flooding (a $775,248 FEMA grant for the West Lakes neighborhood).       Others are enjoyed by Freebee riders (FDOT grants of $203,500 for Tesla cars and $515,190 to expand...

    The First Tee Miami youth golf program has found a new home at Miami Lakes Golf Club.      “The Graham family is excited to welcome First Tee,” said Stuart Wyllie, president and chief executive officer of The Graham Companies. “We have a longstanding relationship with the DeLucca family, going back to the opening of the golf course in 1962.”      First Tee lost its...

Grace De La Torre, whose flower business Garden in a Pot was on Main Street in Miami Lakes for more than a decade, died on March 15. The cause was metastatic lung cancer, her daughter Jessica De La Torre said. Grace De La Torre was 62. Born in Cuba, she lived in Miami Lakes for 32 years before moving to Pembroke Pines. “They told us she was treatable but not curable,” De La Torre, 31, of Miami Shores said of the diagnosis...

  The Helping Hands column profiles the town’s 12 volunteer committees that promote various causes in Miami Lakes and help town government serve the community. Committees’ activities are funded by the town budget and by ticket sales from some events.  Committee: Blasting Advisory Board.  Founded: Sept. 18, 2018. Chair: Miguel Martinez Vice Chair: Rodolfo Blanco  Members: Steven...

     If you see pink blossoms on the trees in Graham Park, it’s a sure sign that spring is about to begin. I took this photo on March 7 at sunset, using my iPhone 12 Pro, without using a filter. The park in the heart of Miami Lakes was captured from the southeast side, at Bull Run Road. If you’d like to share photos of your favorite places in town with readers of The Miami Laker, please send them to...