With the help of Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, the Town of Miami Lakes was able to receive a response from the United States Postal Service regarding the Zip Code Boundary Review. According to Vice Mayor Manny Cid who initiated the review request, the USPS response said, “Although the (Zip Code) realignment was not feasible, we were able to update the National Address Management System in order to accommodate the city’s...

  The Town of Miami Lakes Government Center received Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification and plaque on September 12 from the U.S. Green Building Council. The LEED certification is seen as a mark of achievement in green building as the U.S. Green Building Council uses the LEED certification system to rate a building’s sustainability. The certification process awards points in seven categories...

  Monsignor Pace High School was one of only two local area football teams to record wins this past weekend as the Spartans trounced Inlet Grove of Riviera Beach 69-0. Sparked by three passing and three running touchdowns, two interception returns for scores, a kickoff return for a score and a punt return for a touchdown, the Spartans were far ahead by halftime, the second half was regulated by a running clock. Pace remains undefeated...

  Thirty-seven years of Miami Lakes Optimist Club history succumbed to an excavator in late August as the aging clubhouse was demolished to make way for a new state-of-the-art building to be constructed by the Town of Miami Lakes. Hurricane Wilma swept over the clubhouse in 2005 and it was deemed unrepairable. The new clubhouse and gymnasium is part of a master plan to renovate Miami Lakes Optimist Park.

  Florida League of Cities president P.C. Wu, who is also the Council president of the City of Pensacola, appointed Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Manny Cid as the vice chair of the League’s Growth Management and Economic Development Legislative Policy Committee. The committee addresses policies specific to municipal concerns with community redevelopment, economic development, special districts, foreclosures and affordable housing,...