The Miami Lakes Division of the Miami-Dade Police Department won the agency’s inaugural award for its human trafficking awareness campaign.       The patrol unit created the display in the lobby of the station in Town Hall. It reads in bold letters, “Lives are not for Sale!” at top, “Stop Human Trafficking” at bottom and has a border of hands and a heart in the center....

Bennie Sanders, a third grader at Miami Lakes K-8 Center, is this year’s elementary school essay winner in a contest held by the Lemon City Cemetery Community Corporation, Inc.       The essay topic for students from across Miami-Dade County was “Why I am proud of my heritage as I plan for my own future.”       This is the 29th year the Lemon City Cemetery Community Corporation...

  Miami-Dade Police officers from the Miami Lakes District held a Coffee with a Cop event at the McDonald’s restaurant in the Cypress Village Shopping Center.  The gatherings allow residents to meet with local police officers while sharing coffee and snacks. Many of the people who attended the Feb. 28 event were children who spoke with patrolmen and detectives. Officers also greeted the public by working at the...

The family-friendly Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure show and fundraiser returns for an 8th year on April 7.      That’s when over 250 cars and trucks – from antique to muscle and everything in between -- will take over the streets of downtown in a free exhibition on that Sunday afternoon.     Organizers said the event draws as many as 5,000 spectators.      After picking out your...

     Candidates for Seat 6 in the April 9 Special Election are reporting endorsements.       Hector Abad, 53, won endorsements from former Vice Mayor Jeffrey Rodriguez, William Perez, chair of the Veterans Committee; Lindsay Wallick, chair of the Mental Health Task Force and Mario Pinera, Jr. who chairs the Education Advisory Board.  (Pinera is running for council Seat 1 and is so far unopposed...