From a cow town to a New Town - Miami Lakes' early days

Featured By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, December 17, 2025

    In the 1920s, The Pennsylvania Sugar Company in Philadelphia wanted to grow sugar cane in the Everglades. They tried growing vegetables, too and were defeated by frost, floods and the economics of the Great...

Voters approve charter amendment for all seats to At-Large

Community By David L. Snelling, The Miami Laker staff Friday, July 5, 2013

Future candidates can now run for any seat on the Miami Lakes Town Council no matter where they live. Local registered voters eliminated residential district council seats in favor of all at-large seats during a June 25 special mail-in ballot election, which drew a relatively low voter turnout.    According to the Miami-Dade Elections Department, among the 17,504 registered voters in the town, which encompasses 6.5...
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