Members of Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida Troop 902 worked on two different projects through last fall that will be considered for Silver Awards this year.       Scouts Victoria Loyal and Alexa Landrian created Mission: Paw-sitive Impact to help partner veterans with shelter dogs. Three dogs got new homes during their project, which included an adoption event at K-9 Cove in September. Troop 902...

   Baby, aka Harry, is an independent orange tabby cat who fostered a friendship between two women in Miami Lakes.      “He came to the door one day during the pandemic and he never left,” said Jacqueline Puissant. “He just showed up and he adopted me. I call him Baby.”      Baby was a wonderful companion to her husband William Kniffin before he died in...

  The Reindeer Run 5K presented by Headquarter Toyota to benefit the Miami Lakes Veterans Committee attracted runners to Business Park West and Veterans Park on Dec. 14. The veterans use funds raised for the Miami Lakes Veterans Families Scholarship as well as other projects in town. During the opening ceremonies for the race, officials displayed a $10,000 from the committee that represented proceeds from the 2023 run that will go toward...

     The Town of Miami Lakes is hosting a quarterly Neighborhood Service District town council workshop on Jan. 16.       The purpose of the meeting is for the council to address residents’ concerns about entrance gates and lake maintenance in the six Neighborhood Service Districts.      Residents of homeowner associations built around lakes are also invited to participate and...

      The Miami Lakes town council unanimously approved extending the contract with the Miami-Dade Police Department.       The law enforcement agency works out of Town Hall.       Approved on Oct. 29, the contract runs until Sept. 30, 2029. It will cost the town $11 million for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, a 31% increase over the 2019 agreement, mainly from increases to...