The Town of Miami Lakes, its Economic Development Committee and the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce are hosting a business networking social on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at Chela’s Beer Garden. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the restaurant, 15301 NW 67th Ave., at Main Street in Miami Lakes. Complimentary appetizers will be served.  To register, visit eventbrite for a free ticket.

Voters may decide next year if the town can borrow as much as $26 million to fund a massive redevelopment of Miami Lakes Optimist Park. “Those of us who have been here in this area for many years, this day... is long in coming,” Town Manager Ed Pidermann said during a council workshop on Aug. 26. The council agreed, but not about how much to spend or how to pay for it. The green space along Northwest 67th Avenue was...

 It’s not summer and it’s not yet autumn, it’s Pumpkin Spice season!      In August, coffee shops began selling seasonal specialty drinks. And plans are underway for the return of the Pumpkin Patch fundraising event at Miami Lakes United Methodist Church.       Visitors come from around South Florida to the corner of Northwest 67th Avenue and Miami Lakes Drive to soak in the...

Language Arts Teacher Virnalis Arvelo treated eighth grade students from Miami Lakes K-8 Center to dinner at Shula’s Steak 2 on Aug. 6 to celebrate their results on the Florida Standards Assessments. Some students received a perfect 10 score in writing, some earned a 5 in the English Language Arts exam, and others scored both of those grades, Arvelo said. The group had the best FSA scores out of all eighth graders in the school,...

Lakes Elite, young players chosen from the Miami Lakes United Soccer Club, were runners-up in the 2021 3V3 Challenge Tour, Challenge Sports National Championship held in Kissimmee from July 29 – Aug. 1. The boys, ages 6 and 7, qualified to play in the tournament’s finals match but lost 6-4 to a team from Philadelphia, said Coach Eddy Barrios, 34, of Miami Lakes. Barrios calls his team “the comeback kids” because they...