Unsuspecting drivers in Miami Lakes will get a treat this Halloween season: Four menacing 12-foot-tall skeletons lurk outside an otherwise peaceful-looking house.       At the corner of Willow Lane and Maple Terrace in the Lake Martha neighborhood, the monsters make their way through a small graveyard toward the sidewalk.      They are joined by a nine-foot tall, lighted werewolf...

Of the seven candidates running for town council seats in Miami Lakes, only four chose by 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 to fill out a questionnaire that describes their biographies and positions on town issues. Candidate Carlos O. Alvarez filed his on Oct. 5 and his responses are included below. If Josh Dieguez or Ian Anthony Medina send in their questionnaires, this story will be updated again. The Miami Laker is publishing candidates’...

The Miami Lakes Athletic Club is celebrating 40 years of providing fitness activities to families in town and is inviting members to attend a week’s worth of celebrations. “Our goal is to have the daily events, where members will be interacting socially in the club,” said Anthony Artiles, general manager of the athletic club. “We want to give them the opportunity to enjoy the different themes and times, with live...

As we continue through the Industrial Commerce Center in Miami Lakes' Upper East Side, there are more unique businesses that call the neighborhood home.       The Graham Companies own the complex and built it in several phases, from 1989 to 2016.      There are nine businesses spread between the four buildings, with only one office vacant in the southern section of the park along Northwest 159...

    The Miami Lakes Public Safety Committee held its annual breakfast to recognize police officers and firefighters who protect the town. The gathering on Aug. 20 was held at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main.      This year, Miami-Dade Police Officers Robert DeLeon and Arisbel Rivero received plaques for saving the life of an infant boy.      The baby’s mother called for help on March 18 after...