The annual Miami Lakes Women’s Event has been scheduled for 6 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, at the Limelight Shop, 6709 Main Street. The indoor event is open to the general public and admission is free. The main theme is “Fashion and Beauty” with makeup tips “before and after” applications, followed by the “Little Princess” on stage parade at 7:30 p.m. and a women’s fashion show at...

  After years of waiting, the Miami Lakes West Fire Rescue Station #64 is one step closer to reality as Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade County officials joined with members of the Miami Lake Town Council for a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, October 29. The new station will be located just south of Miami Lakes Drive on N.W. 77 Court. Once completed, Station #64 will be a two-story 13,512-square-foot facility. The triple-bay...

  The Main Street Players theatre group has scheduled an audition call for the 2010 Tony-nominated Next Fall, the first production at the Main Street Playhouse in 2014 opening on February 7 and running to March 2. The show will be directed by Artistic Director Robert Coppel. Audition dates are Sunday and Monday, November 10-11, from 7 to 10 p.m., at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street. Callbacks are set for Tuesday, November 12,...

  Miami Lakes’ Veterans Day Parade committee announced the selection of Major Charles James to serve as the Grand Marshall fro the 33rd annual Veterans Day Parade scheduled for November 10. James is a native of Texas where he played both football and baseball in high school and attended college on a baseball scholarship. After he received his B.S. degree in biology from Texas Southern University, he was sworn in as a Second...

  Bob Graham Education Center's PTSA has found innovative ways to raise funds and disburse them in the past, their last venture successfully equipping every classroom at the school with interactive smart boards. Now, PTSA members are  embarking on their latest undertaking – to disburse grants to teachers who wish to contribute to students in the forms of clubs, activities, and events but find themselves limited by the school...