Barbara Goleman Senior High School’s National Honor Society, Science Honor Society and Football Booster Club on June 5 donated $2,000 to A Hope for Autism. The money came from ticket sales and supported a color run the school held in April to raise funds for Autism awareness, teacher Ana Soto-Gonzalez said. A Hope for Autism Foundation works to increase access to applied behavior analysis therapy for children, no...

    Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava greeted a crowd of more than 100 people when she spoke June 12 at the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce luncheon held at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main.     Levine Cava, a Democrat who is running for reelection, provided a snapshot of how county services are performing, where its economic and tourism powers stand in comparison to the rest of the country, and how it is...

Miami Lakes will pay former Mayor Michael Pizzi $1.625 million for legal fees for his defense in a federal criminal case, a decision that ends a decade of courtroom battles and payments to lawyers. After a jury found in 2014 that Pizzi was not guilty of conspiracy to commit extortion and bribery, he wanted the town pay more than $2.5 million to his lawyers and sued. Reimbursement of a public official’s legal fees is allowed in...

  The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative of Miami Lakes is offering free mammograms and heart screenings in partnership with Macy’s and Jackson Health System. Women who make an appointment may have breast exams at Macy’s at Westland Mall, 1777 S. 49th St. in Hialeah. Patients will be seen from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 22. They will then be able to enjoy a Macy’s mini-makeover, samples...

The law firm that represents the Town of Miami Lakes has won a new government client: The City of Doral. Doral hired Gastesi, Lopez & Mestre, PLLC on June 3. The firm, based in Miami Lakes at 8105 NW 155th St., won a contract potentially worth $1.74 million. Doral will pay it $25,000 per month for the first year and increase the rate to $30,000 per month in years two through five, according to the contract. “We got...