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...

  It was at the bottom of the pile of college letters. When Miami Lakes resident and Monsignor Edward Pace senior Nicholas Fernandez opened the envelope, he joined an exclusive group of students that have been honored as a National Merit Scholarship Program recipient. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a well-known academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the...