Miami-Dade County Public School board members voted Wednesday to temporarily require masks for students and staff while indoors and on buses during the school year that begins Monday, Aug. 23.  Students who have medical reasons or religious beliefs against wearing a mask will be excused, the district said.  Dr. Steve Gallon III, vice school board chair, said it will evaluate the state of the pandemic weekly, as well as...

On Friday afternoon, the Town of Miami Lakes canceled several outdoor events planned for the weekend of Aug. 14 – 15. Citing expected heavy rains from Tropical Depression Fred, the Farmers Market, End of Summer Bash and outdoor sports programs will not be held, official said. Indoor events will continue as planned.  For the latest news on Tropical Depression Fred visit NOAA. 

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid posted his photo on Twitter on July 26. It was taken at a Walmart store, where Cid is with a pharmacist and said he was inoculated against the COVID-19 virus. Cid tweeted that he had been “extremely hesitant” to get the vaccine. But after attending funerals for friends and learning of young people who were hospitalized, he wrote that he was convinced “today was the day.” Photo courtesy of...

Sue Boyd Drake -- who raised her sons in the Lake Hilda neighborhood of Miami Lakes and still lives in the same home after more than five decades -- celebrated her 100th birthday on Aug. 5. Asked about her secret to longevity, Drake said, “I just took it as it came and did the best I could.” That ability to adapt to life’s challenges may have helped Drake live on her family’s Alabama farm during the Great...

After protests for freedom began in Cuba on July 11, South Florida residents and elected officials who are of Cuban descent have asked President Joseph Biden for help, held rallies and marches and created videos in support of the people of the island nation. For the Miami Lakes town council’s July 13 meeting, several officials brought out their guayabera shirts, a style said to have originated in Cuba that is worn in hot weather...