The northeastern corner of Miami Lakes just south of the Palmetto Expressway is car dealer country, and one of the leaders is Miami Lakes AutoMall.      Partner Fred Senra has run the business at Northwest 167th Street and Northwest 57th Avenue/Red Road for two decades.      “We have the privilege of being right at the entrance of Miami Lakes,” Senra said. “It’s a great...

    The Education Advisory Board’s inaugural Awards of Excellence will celebrate exceptional students in Miami Lakes.       The board recognized students in the fifth, eighth and 12th grades for their accomplishments in different categories.       The board also honored an exceptional educator.       Sponsored by the board, the Town of Miami Lakes and...

    The Northwest 170th Street bridge over Interstate 75 that connects Hialeah and Miami Lakes could be open to traffic within weeks.      Miami-Dade County commissioners unanimously approved an agreement on May 17 between the county, city and town regarding that span and the bridge at Northwest 154th Street.       Ten days later, an opening date for the Northwest 170th Street bridge had not...

     The Graham Companies has a $110 million development planned for the town landmark that is the Miami Lakes Golf Course.     “What this project will enable us to do is really create a gateway to Miami Lakes,” Luis Martinez, senior executive vice president of The Graham Companies, said about the intersection of Miami Lakes Drive on the northeast corner near the Palmetto Expressway.  “The...

Well-known businessman Gerardo Seferlis, owner of Gerardo’s Marketplace in Miami Lakes, died Thursday after a long illness. Seferlis embodied the immigrant success story after arriving in the U.S. in 1984 from Panama to attend college and study computers, according to a 1998 profile in The Miami Herald. To Miami Lakers, Seferlis was known to be honest, warm and friendly. Many of his customers became like family after they visited...