When Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid presented the key to the town to the Bodin family, he noted how rarely that happens. “You have to be special people and be exceptional human beings,” Cid said in Town Hall on May 11th, which he proclaimed “Bodin Family Day.” The accolade was tinged with wistfulness though, as Stuart Bodin, 60, is leaving as pastor of Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, after leading the...

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Grace Lee Oei, 92, a long-time town resident who co-founded Montessori Children’s House of Miami Lakes, died in her sleep on May 24. In March she had moved to a senior residential facility in Weston. Born in Philadelphia, Oei graduated from Connecticut College with a degree in Economics and married William Oei. The couple lived in Indonesia, Thailand and The Netherlands during his business career before they returned to the...

A LGBTQ Pride gathering planned by the Town of Miami Lakes and its Cultural Affairs Committee for June 26th at Shula’s Hotel and Golf Club has been canceled. The event was not approved by the town council during its meeting on June 8th. The council didn’t let it go forward “based on the fact that there was no cultural component to the event,” town spokeswoman Clarisell De Cardenas said in an email. To view the...