The non-profit TREEmendous Miami was honored in early August by the Miami City Commission for planting more than 25,000 trees by volunteers during 16 years. The group works to restore and increase the tree canopy in Miami-Dade County by planting and maintaining trees at schools, in parks, in blighted areas, along main thoroughfares and numerous neighborhood streets along with the restoration of the historic Miami City Cemetery. The...

  Summer is over and it’s back to school time! In an effort to keep the new school year fun and safe, the Town of Miami Lakes asks that parents and children/students, and school staff and teachers, follow these simple guidelines when traveling to and from school: • Walk with your children to school. Walking to school promotes a healthy lifestyle, saves gas and time, and reduces traffic congestion around the school for...

  Seventy-two young musicians had a “blast” for 20 days at the 17th annual Summer Music Academy hosted by the South Florida Youth Symphony at Miami Lakes Congregational Church. Students studied orchestral strings, classical guitar, all winds and percussion instruments, steel pan, piano, and choir, as well as music theory, composition, music history, recorders, and even a double reed making class. The camp was sponsored in...

  A host of seats are up for grabs during the August 26 Miami-Dade primary election, including a district chair for the School Board, the Property Appraiser’s office and Circuit and County Court judges. Duysevi “Sevi” Miyar, a longtime educator who was born in Istanbul, Turkey, is challenging incumbent School Board Chairwoman Perla Tabares-Hantman for her District 4 Seat, that covers Miami Lakes, Hialeah, Hialeah...

  Miami-Dade Police Major Gene Dieppa, commander of the Miami Lakes Police Department, is the guest speaker for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s monthly membership luncheon on Wednesday, September 3, at Shula’s Hotel on Main Street. A resident of Miami Lakes, Dieppa is charged with directing daily law enforcement activities accomplishing the town’s priorities, managing the delivery for police services, and...