Roberto Alonso was elected to the Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards.      Alonso, of Miami Lakes, became secretary and treasurer of the organization, which chose him in June during its meeting in Tampa.      Locally, Alonso represents District 4 of the Miami Dade County Public Schools Board.      The GFCSB develops a legislative platform that it advocates for...

     The Town of Miami Lakes voted to cap the millage rate at 2.0732 for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.      That rate, if not reduced further during two budget hearings in September, would mean a tax levy of $2.07 per $1,000 of assessed property, the council decided at its July 9 meeting.       The rate is flat, or the same as last fiscal year when the council chose the rollback rate. But a...

    The Miami Lakes Fourth of July celebration had all the ingredients for a fun party: Perfect weather, live music, food trucks and fireworks.      An estimated 9,000 people came to Veterans Park to mark the country’s independence.      The crowd was well-behaved and there were no incidents, according to Miami-Dade Police’s Miami Lakes Division.      Organized by the...

    Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. René Garcia held one of his “Cafecito con René” gatherings at Holiday Bakery in Miami Lakes.      It was standing room only on June 11 at the store in the Cypress Village Shopping Center.       Garcia was running for re-election for Commission District 13 and won his race in the primary after an opponent did not file the proper...

     Twenty students from Virnalis Arvelo’s eighth grade class at Miami Lakes K-8 Center achieved a perfect score on their English Language Arts Florida Assessment of Student Thinking.       “What a fantastic way to end the year,” Arvelo said in an email. “We laughed and cried.”  The students received a level five score and Arvelo treated them to dinner at ML Steak...