Three students won lots of back to school gear after competing in the Mayor’s Virtual Game Night on Aug. 30. Parents registered kids on Eventbrite to play an online trivia game called Kahoot! They competed in three age groups spanning 5 to 17 to win prizes. The youngest first place winner took home a free day at My Gym in Miami Lakes, a backpack with school supplies courtesy of local charitable group Giving Gators and headphones from Layer 8...

History     Sevilla Estates is an open, ungated community of 357 single-family homes on the upper west side of Miami Lakes.     In 1999, the Delgado Brothers Real Estate Development Company began building the houses.       The neighborhood is bordered by Northwest 87th Avenue and Northwest 89th Court; to the north is Northwest 169th Terrace up to a canal and Northwest 166th Terrace is along the south, according to Juan C.Fernandez, a Realtor...

The CMX Cinemas Miami Lakes 17 multiplex in Miami Lakes is scheduled to open Friday after Miami-Dade County relaxed some coronavirus restrictions on business.“We’ve missed all our guests and we are thrilled to have them back,” said Guy Austin, vice president of operations for CMX Cinemas.Six films will be shown at the movie theaters, at 6711 Main St. in Miami Lakes, formerly called Cobb Theatres.--At 1 p.m. Friday, “Tenet” is an action/spy...

     Miami Lakes has more than 60 restaurants, and earlier this week owners resumed serving patrons inside dining rooms that were closed for nearly two months during the height of the coronavirus outbreak.     “Today is a good day for the hospitality industry, which employs tens of thousands of people in Miami-Dade County,” Miami Lakes MayorManny Cid, a partner in The Mayor’s Café in town, said on Aug. 25.     That’s when Miami-Dade Mayor...

Longtime Miami Laker Rosemary Emma Schmittel Fritch became a centenarian this summer.    She was celebrated on her Aug. 12 birthday by friends, family and the place where she worshipped and volunteered for two decades, Miami Lakes Congregational Church/United Church of Christ.     “I’m very thankful for the time the good Lord has given me here on earth,” Fritch said through a friend.     Fritch drove a car until she was 99. She now resides at...