Florida Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Doral or their aides will begin holding monthly office hours in March at Miami Lakes Town Hall.       Constituents may meet with their elected officials for help with SNAP and unemployment benefits, Medicaid and other government programs.       Diaz-Balart will be available March 1 from 1 p.m. to 3...

   A team of Miami Lakes officials visited Tallahassee on Feb. 15 to lobby state officeholders about areas of concern for residents. Topics included transportation infrastructure; stormwater drainage; funding for a senior center; property tax relief and rock mining, Mayor Manny Cid said on Facebook. Meetings happened with Fla. Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes and Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue,...

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid is term-limited and will leave office in November 2024, when he hopes to have won election to a county office. Cid shared his future goals with the Miami Herald Wednesday in a story about possible Republican challengers to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a first-term Democrat who declared Wednesday she is running again. “We’re definitely 100% in for a countywide race,” Cid told...

     The MIAMI Association of Realtors elected Eddie Blanco as its 2023 residential president.      Blanco, of Miami Lakes, is owner-broker of the Stratwell real estate firm, which has offices in Miami and Naples.      Blanco was looking forward to working with the residential board to “support sustainable growth, development of our local communities and to promote diversity and...

     Banking executive Hector J. Ponte recently brought his calculator to a Miami classroom to teach students about financial health.      Ponte is one of 200 business professionals who participated in The Education Fund’s annual five-month campaign called the “Teach-A-Thon.”       That’s when business professionals become Public School Champions and swap places...