Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce elects officers

Featured By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, March 20, 2025

    The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce held elections and made appointments to fill some seats on its board, the business boosters announced during their March 12 luncheon.      Fred Senra stepped down as president of...

Our Neighborhoods Lake Hilda

Community By David Snelling, Reporter Thursday, April 15, 2021

Lake Hilda is a community of townhomes and single-family residences in Miami Lakes. It is located north of the Gratigny Expressway, and is bordered by Northwest 67th Avenue, Miami Lakeway South and Alamanda Avenue. Built in the late 1960s, Lake Hilda is the second oldest Miami Lakes neighborhood after Lake Patricia, which is just across Northwest 67th Avenue. The Sengra Corporation, later known as The
 Graham Companies, built Lake...

Bridge conflict continues with county threat to remove park

Government By Linda Trischitta and David L. Snelling Thursday, April 1, 2021

The ongoing conflict between Miami-Dade County, Hialeah and Miami Lakes over whether to open the Northwest 170th Street bridge and remove a town park the county says is in the way, is in a cooling off period. But that doesn’t mean peace is at hand. There’s still mediation to get through and, if that fails, a pending appeals court case. Miami-Dade County Chief Operations Officer Jimmy Morales wrote to Miami Lakes Town Manager...

Teen serves as gov’t. page in Tallahassee

Education By David Snelling, Reporter Thursday, April 1, 2021

Politics is in Stephanie Rodriguez’s future. The 8th-grade student
at Miami Lakes Middle School got her first experience seeing government in action when she participated in the Florida House of Representatives’ Page and Messenger Program during the 2021 legislative session in Tallahassee. In addition to page duties which Stephanie,
13, was assigned, she also put her debating skills to the test when she and other pages and...

Easter messages from area clergy

Community Thursday, April 1, 2021

Father Joseph Lucas Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral It was on the eve of Passover, nearly two millennia ago, that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified out- side the walls of Jerusalem. Later that day as his body was entombed, his disciples mourned his death. They assumed that this was the end of their journey with him. But on the third day, a miracle occurred: Jesus rose from the dead, revealing to them that he is indeed the...

5,000 Pairs of shoes for Camillus House

Community Thursday, April 1, 2021

The South Florida community came together over four weeks during February and March to collect footwear for the needy and homeless – more than 5,000 pairs! The shoes were donated to Camillus House, found- ed by brothers from the Catholic Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God. The charitable organization serves over 34,000 people each year through more than 40 programs and services, according to its website. Its downtown Miami...
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