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...

Phillip Rarick has practiced law for 43 years, and more than half of that time at his Rarick & Beskin law firm in Miami Lakes. The firm, at 6500 Cowpen Rd., serves clients with various needs, including probate, guardianship and tax law. Rarick specializes in estate planning and asset protection. “Our clients are all ages,” Rarick said. “From young en- trepreneurs to elder business owners and families, we see them...