The Town of Miami Lakes honored the National Scleroderma Foundation at its June 16 meeting.      Mayor Josh Dieguez introduced Monica Ramirez, vice chair for the committee of the foundation’s Florida and Puerto Rico chapter and a member of the patient advisory board. Dieguez proclaimed June 29 Scleroderma Awareness Day in Miami Lakes.      Scleroderma affects 300,000 people in the United States and...

The Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management offers residents free unused or lightly used home chemical products through its Chem Again program. It recently launched a real-time online dashboard that lets residents know what’s available at the county’s two centers.      Free products available might range from insect spray to fertilizer, spray paint to butane fluids.      For a full,...

Roberto Alonso has been reappointed to the Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees.      Alonso, who also represents Miami Lakes as the Miami-Dade School Board’s District 4 member, was reappointed by Governor Ron DeSantis. He was first appointed in 2020.      Alonso joined the school board in 2022. He also serves on the of the Miami-Dade County Planning Advisory Board and as President of the...

A massive renovation has been unveiled at Vista Funeral Home.      The 45-year-old funeral home’s first major renovation creates different kinds of spaces, some private and some communal, as well as modernized technology and hospitality. The work was initiated by Everstory Partners, Vista’s owners.       One of the country’s largest funeral home, cemetery and crematory companies,...

The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is closed for renovation. Patrons may visit the branch in Palm Springs North at 17601 NW 78th Ave. for classes. Many classes require registration, call for information at 305-820-8564 or padronc@mdpls.org.      The branch is open 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday - Thursday; 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday -Saturday and closed Sunday. It will also be closed July 3 -...