Though authorities have ordered most businesses to stay closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many Miami Lakes restaurants remain open and are providing food takeout and delivery to their customers.This list includes which food delivery services the restaurants use. It will be updated as more information becomes available.Cypress Village Shopping CenterBeverly Hills Café, 7312 Miami Lakes Drive, 305-558-8201, Thebeverlyhillscafe.com. Take-out...

A drive-thru distribution of food by the Town of Miami Lakes and Feeding South Florida is scheduled Friday atRoyal Oaks Park in Miami Lakes.Cars should line up along Northwest 87 Avenue from the park entrance at Northwest 165 Street.The relief effort will begin at 10 a.m. and last until noon or for as long as supplies last.Drivers who enter the park should remain in their cars with windows up and trunks popped. Volunteers will place the goods...

The Town of Miami Lakes is hosting a blood drive Thursday beginning at 8 a.m. at Town Hall, 6601 Main St. The first 100 donors will receive a free face mask. The blood drive will last until 2 p.m.

Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history whose perfect season brought the Miami Dolphins one of their two Super Bowl championships, died Monday at his Miami home. He was 90.Shula was a Miami Lakes resident during many of his years coaching the Dolphins.A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Shula was in the inaugural class of inductees into the Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame.“[Coach Shula] lived in Miami Lakes in the ‘70s and ‘80s,...

Small businesses in town are suffering under restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic, prompting the Miami Lakes council to urge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez and the county commission to allow them to reopen as soon as possible.DeSantis this week ordered most businesses in the state to reopen, with safety guidelines, effective on May 4. His order did not apply to Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade Counties,...