Miami-Dade County Schools in partnership with the University of Miami Health System and The Children’s Trust will be offering free vaccinations at the university’s UHealth Pediatric Mobile Clinic.       Children who need school-age vaccinations, the flu vaccine, the COVID-19 shot or its boosters can get them at Palm Springs North Elementary School, 17615 Northwest 82 Ave. on Oct....

     Scare up a good time this Halloween at the Town of Miami Lakes’ Nightmare on Montrose. Fun features for the entire family include treat stations; music; entertainment; food trucks and a Halloween costume contest.      And don’t forget to visit the haunted house known as Nightmare on Montrose.       The annual event is also put on in part by the town’s Youth...

Miami Lakes voters will get to hear candidates for town council discuss issues during a second forum to be held Tuesday, Oct. 25. Alex Penelas, the former mayor of Miami-Dade County and an attorney who lives in town, will serve as moderator once more. But this time, he will pose questions to them that are submitted by the audience. The event, sponsored by BNI Miami Lakes and the Miami Lakes Bar Association and the Miami Lakes Chamber of...

     The 19th Annual Corey for St. Jude Golf Tournament to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital raised $72,000 this year during play Oct. 10 at the Miami Lakes Golf Club. The tournament is named for child cancer survivor Corey Sticco. The hospital in Memphis, Tenn. serves children with cancer, and it does not charge families for treatment, travel, housing or food while their loved ones are receiving...

     Construction of the long-awaited mixed-use community called South Pointe is about to begin.      Three four-story buildings will rise along the southern bank of Graham Dairy Lake in Miami Lakes.      The complex will have ground-floor retailers at 8205 Commerce Way in Miami Lakes and 179 apartments on three floors above.      “We’re excited about getting...