The Miami Lakes Barber Shop in the Lake Patricia Shopping Center is the town’s oldest place for men and boys to get a haircut.       Its barbers have continuously shorn gent’s locks since the early 1960s.       Owner Richard Ruiz is carrying on the legacy begun by his late uncle Rolando Ruiz, the town’s first barber who died in July 2021.      ...

     Monica Lynne limped a bit, her right foot dragging some as she and Marjorie Burnett rehearsed for the premiere of Karen Peterson and Dancers’ ensemble work called “Samsara.”       Recalling the session, Lynne, 34, said she teared up and apologized to Artistic Director Karen Peterson-Corash.       “It’s beautiful,” Peterson-Corash told Lynne....

     Drivers can expect intermittent traffic delays while the Town of Miami Lakes installs safety devices in mid-block crosswalks on Fairway Drive and Montrose Road.       The new crosswalk on Fairway Drive and the existing crossing on Montrose Road will have flashing lights to alert drivers that pedestrians are present.       Work began Jan. 19 and the crosswalks will be built...

     The Town of Miami Lakes and its Cultural Affairs Committee will celebrate Black History Month on Friday, Feb. 25.      The Florida Memorial University Ambassador Chorale will perform spiritual and contemporary works at 7:30 p.m. at Barbara Goleman Senior High School, at 14100 NW 89th Ave. in Miami Lakes. Register at toml.eventbrite.com.

     The entrance to Miami Lakes Business Park West is near one of the key traffic intersections in town: It begins on Miami Lakes Drive and is very close to the Palmetto Expressway and Interstate 75.     “You’re right at the highway, you get off and we’re the first building on the left,”  Thomas Bartelmo, president and chief executive officer of The Kislak Organization and chief...