Attorney Gloria M. Garcia will host the Lights of Hope display at Miami Lakes Town Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. The event is to honor and remember those who were taken by the disease as well as pay tribute to those who are fighting it, by displaying bags from donors set up outside of Town Hall. Each bag represents a cancer story, Garcia said.  Lights of Hope is a fundraiser of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action...

    RE/MAX Unique Realty in Miami Lakes has merged with RE/MAX Advance Realty, the firms announced on Aug. 1.      It’s the seventh acquisition by RE/MAX Advance Realty.      That company also has offices in Hollywood, Davie, Miramar, North Miami, South Miami, Kendall and in Monroe County, in Key Largo and Key West.      RE/MAX Advance Realty is owned by Melanie De Armas...

The Graham Companies will host a workshop on Aug. 28 at Miami Lakes Town Hall to present its newest development: Lakeside Village, a multifamily rental community that it plans to build on the banks of Graham Dairy Lake. The apartments to be built were originally part of a proposed senior village planned for that site, along Oak Lane at Northwest 146th Street.   After many years of hard work and significant financial investment, the...

  The Town of Miami Lakes and its Elderly Affairs Committee presented an information session about voting at town hall on Aug. 8. Staff from the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office gave away hats and bags to promote voting, and provided information about deadlines to register to vote, how to vote-by-mail and how to submit a ballot, as well as file ballots for immediate family members.      Staff from the...

Maurits Acosta   Senior at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School  Student advisor, Miami-Dade County School Board Hialeah   “While I think teachers and the school district should absolutely be able manage screen time and cell phone usage in the classroom, I am not in favor of a cell phone restriction like the one implemented in Broward County,” Maurits Acosta wrote in an...