The Town of Miami Lakes and a surety bond company reached a settlement agreement for the unfinished youth center project following the original contractor’s default midway through construction of the facility. During a May 8 special meeting, the town accepted Bankers Insurance Company’s $757,789 offer to complete the youth center located at Picnic Park East adjacent to the Miami-Dade District One police station, more than...

  After a successful Kickstarter campaign and approximately one year of production, Miami Lakes filmmakers, Samurai Snacks Productions, announced the completion of their first collective short film: Fantasy Inn. Fantasy Inn will be shown at The Main Street Playhouse located at 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes. The first screening is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, at 2:30 p.m. The following screenings are Sunday, May 18, at 6:30 and 8...

This is the final weekend for award-winning author David Michael Sirois’ play, Secrets of the La Croix, at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes. The play is about a day in the life of Roger La Croix, that day being the worst Thanksgiving of his life. It starts out with not being able to watch the big game on his broken television, but when his son comes home and reveals a big secret, chaos ensues. The holiday...

  American High’s baseball team is two wins away from its first state title after the Patriots captured the Regional 4-7A Championship last week with a 2-0 win over Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer.  American plays either Tallahassee’s Chiles or Oviedo in the state semifinal on Friday, May 16 at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers. The Patriots (24-5) will pick up where they left off last year, when they were shut out, 6-0, by Plant...

  In honor of National Arbor Day, the Town of Miami Lakes held an Arbor Day Celebration on April 25 to commemorate the town’s tree canopy and to recognize the importance of planting trees in the community. As part of the event at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, a Live Oak tree was planted by Mayor Wayne Slaton and Town Council members. Girl Scout Troop 263 participated in the event by reading a tree poem, and the town’s...