Miami Lakes K-8 Language Arts teacher Virnalis Arvelo continued her annual celebration of students’ academic success by taking high achievers to dinner in July at ML Steaks + Sports restaurant. Since 2010, Arvelo has recognized students who have earned top marks on state exams by treating them to a meal at a restaurant. This year, five students earned a 10 or a perfect score on their writing tests, and 13 students received a five on...

     Lake Suzie -- south of Miami Lakes Drive near Miami Lakeway South -- is one of Ileana McNulty’s favorite places.      “That’s the view that I get to enjoy every day, and it’s really nice,” said McNulty about the photo she shared. She took it with her iPhone in July.       McNulty said the lake attracts people of all ages, at all times of...

     When Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. Rene Garcia addressed the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce luncheon this month, he was among friends.       Garcia represents District 13 in the northwest section of the county.        During his 25 years in politics and growing up in the area, Garcia, 48, of Hialeah, has come to know many of the business professionals, educators and...

    While signs in Miami Lakes warn drivers, “Don’t Even Think About Speeding!”, some motorists continue to race along town roads.       Though dangerous drivers are a perennial complaint among residents, just like the traffic itself, police have written fewer speeding tickets in the first half of 2022 than they did last year.      From January to June in 2021, Miami-Dade...

A region that Hialeah Mayor Esteban Bovo called a “forgotten part of Northwest Dade” was no longer ignored with the opening Tuesday of the Northwest 170 Street bridge. The bridge spans Interstate 75 and connects the Town of Miami Lakes, the city of Hialeah and part of Miami-Dade County. Bovo called the bridge “a vital link … perhaps the third vital link for Hialeah and Miami Lakes if you count [Northwest] 87th...