The MIA Flag Football team representing Miami Lakes won the 16U age division title at the Youth Flag Football World Championships held in January at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The team went 6-1 in seven games during the tournament and faced squads from Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Canada and Mexico.       From left in the back row: Michael...

 Miami Lakes K-8 Center’s Model United Nations team attended the Foundations for Leadership Miami Dade Model UN competition held March 9 at Miami Dade College North Campus.       “For the first time in the history of the school’s law program, they took home the Secretary General’s Award for highest performing school at the conference of over 250 students from around South Florida,”...

   Veterans Park was the setting that drew children of all ages on March 30 to visit a petting zoo, ride on a pony and jump on inflatable equipment, take photos with a giant bunny, get their faces painted and to search for plastic eggs filled with candies. The Spring Fling Easter Egg Hunt was a production of the Town of Miami Lakes and its Youth Activities Task Force. Family Food Truck Events fed the crowd.    ...

Outdoor displays of Barbara Hesse Baron’s art can be found in many places around Miami Lakes.     And through the month of April, her oil paintings of botanicals are on exhibit at Miami Lakes Town Hall.      “I chose her because she is a 2020 Town of Miami Lakes Women of Distinction award winner and a woman artist, and we wanted to feature her,” Felicia Salazar, chair of the Cultural Affairs...

Former Florida Governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham will lie in state at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee on April 26. Graham, 87, died of natural causes on April 16 in Gainesville. The casket will be attended by military and state law enforcement honor guards from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The ceremony will be aired live on The Florida Channel and will be live-streamed on TheFloridaChannel.org. Afterward, Graham will be buried during a...