State Representative Manny Diaz said Miami Lakes would receive a check in the amount of $1.3 million for stormwater drainage improvements and stabilizing the town’s canal by July, money he and fellow State Representative Jose Oliva and Senator Rene Garcia helped secure during the Florida Legislature Session in Tallahassee. At the May 13 regular Town Council meeting, Diaz told councilmembers that after Governor Rick Scott signs...

  Perla Tabares Hantman, chairman of the Miami-Dade County School Board, joined students, teachers, faculty and community members to celebrate “Bike to School Day” at Lawton Chiles Middle School on May 12. She is joined here by LCMS principal Nelson Izquierdo and members of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Bike Patrol Unit. “Bike to School Day” events help raise awareness to create safer routes for...

  Miami Lakes-based law firm Rarick & Beskin, P.A., announced the opening of a full time office in Ft. Lauderdale to better serve its Broward and Palm Beach county clients. The office, located at 3109 Stirling Road, will be managed by partner Jay Beskin, who will be assisted by paralegal Evelyn Enim. The firm’s Miami Lakes office will continue to be managed by partner Phil Rarick. Rarick & Beskin welcomed Cristina...

 

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee hosted the Senior Games Bunco Challenge at Mary Collins Community Center. The winners (from left) Gloria Gormley (Gold), Sandy Vincent (Silver), Jean McKeon (Bronze), and committe member Mody DeLucca.

  A Miami Laker reader asked the question: Is there a “pooper-scooper” ordinance in Miami Lakes, like the one in Miami Beach, requiring owners, when walking their dogs in public, to clean up after them? Lourdes Sosa, in the Town of Miami Lakes Code Enforcement Department, says there is currently NOT a separate “pooper-scooper” municipal ordinance in Miami Lakes, but agrees that it would be a great idea. However,...