The Miami Lakes town council unanimously approved extending the contract with the Miami-Dade Police Department.       The law enforcement agency works out of Town Hall.       Approved on Oct. 29, the contract runs until Sept. 30, 2029. It will cost the town $11 million for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, a 31% increase over the 2019 agreement, mainly from increases to...

     The Miami Lakes Athletic Club donated $500 to the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative on Dec. 18.  The athletic club held events in October to raise awareness about breast cancer and accept members’ donations for the cause. The money will be used to support The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative’s efforts to provide mammograms and scans to women, part of its mission to intervene early...

    The Miami Lakes K-8 Center’s debate team took trophies back to campus after three different competitions.       During the Nov. 16 competition at Florida International University, the Owls won three top speaker awards and three top team awards.       Earlier in the season, the young debaters won second place at the Oct. 19 competition held at the University of...

  After being shuttered for 30 years, the planetarium at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School will open this year to teach students about space careers.       The planetarium will be part of the new SpaceHUB aerospace mega-magnet program. Courses in new, state of the art classrooms will include applied engineering, robotics, systems coding, electrical systems and advanced aerospace science and...

Jan.  4, 11, 18, 25 Miami Lakes Farmers Market The Florida Marketplace Group presents a Saturday market with vendors of produce, clothing and crafts. At Main Street and New Barn Road. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Jan. 3 Festival Navideño at Ana G. Mendez University A Christmas festival at Ana G. Mendez University, 15201 NW 79th Ct. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free.  Jan. 8 Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon. Speaker is Marcela...