As a change to the usual gentle family fare offered this time of year, the Main Street Players is presenting a little something just for adults. “Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight: A Comedy in Three Beds,” is a hilarious and bawdy sex farce being presented as a play reading at 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 21, and at 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 22, at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes. In...

  The Miami Lakes Middle School girls’ soccer team finished 3-1 in regional play before losing to Highland Oaks, 4-2, ending its postseason. Top players for the season were Alysa Vazquez and Kaylee Miranda. Miami Lakes Middle School girls’ volleyball team finished the regular season with a winning record and advanced to the playoffs where they lost to Highland Oaks in the quarterfinals. Top girls' volleyball players included...

  Former Miami Lakes resident Lissette Campos-Perez received two Emmy Awards during the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Awards ceremony held November 23 at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood. Campos-Perez received an Emmy in the Community Affairs category for her 2012 prime time special “Taking Action Against Domestic Violence.” The second award was the prestigious...

  Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee hosted Mrs. Claus on December 8 at the 12th annual Children’s Holiday Storytelling event at the Main Street Playhouse. She delighted children with her songs, silly antics, magic tricks, and stories about living at the North Pole with Santa. Pictured (back, from left) Sophia and Chris Inguanzo, Mrs. Claus, Noah and Manny Cid, and Suzanna Inguanzo; (front) Anthony and Lucas Lama.

  Miami Lakes council members postponed an ordinance on second reading until January, which would give lawmakers the power to hear planning and zoning appeals instead of applicants taking their cases to circuit court. The measure, proposed by Vice Mayor Manny Cid at the December 10 regular meeting, would allow lawmakers to decide on the appeals by a super majority vote and help residents save money.  The ordinance was approved on...