Miami Dade Fire-Rescue is offering mini-HELP Courses in Optimist Park and Royal Oaks Park in Miami Lakes during May and June.      Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School’s Trojan Marching Band will perform during the 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. sessions, when the general public and youth athletic coaches are invited to learn about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.      The band may...

     On a beautiful Sunday in April in downtown Miami Lakes, people visited Main Street to see beautifully restored cars and trucks.      The free, family-friendly 8th Annual Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure featured a pig roast and beer garden and live performances by the Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School Trojan Marching Band, as well as country music artist Ricky Valido and dance music band Mantrap, who...

The family of the late Bob Graham will welcome the public to two celebrations of his life to be held this weekend in his hometown. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 11 at the Miami Lakes United Church of Christ from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.  The church is at 6701 Miami Lakeway South. There is not a lot of parking and guests are encouraged to park at the Miami Lakes K-8 Center School, at 14250 NW 67th Ave., or use Freebee or...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s office issued a press release Thursday regarding a senate resolution that celebrated the life of the late former U.S. Sen. and Fla. Gov. Bob Graham. “Senator Scott’s resolution had the rare co-sponsor support of all 99 senators,” the statement said. After Graham’s death on April 16, Scott shared his condolences:  “Bob Graham was a good man and a great Floridian who...

“Bob Graham was a colleague, friend, and devoted Floridian whose nearly 50 years of service to his beloved home state and to our country have made America a safer and stronger nation. ... He and I served together in the U.S. Senate, as respective chairs of the Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees in the wake of 9/11, working to heal a shattered nation and to protect America in a changing world.”  President Joe Biden...