Miami Lakes residents Perla Tabares Hantman has been re-elected as chair of the Miami-Dade County School Board for the 2018-2019 school year. It’s the 11th time she was elected to lead the nation’s fourth largest school district. Hantman, who represents District 4 which includes Miami Lakes and Hialeah, was originally elected to the School Board in 1996.She was the first Hispanic woman to serve as Chair, and has previously served from...

The Town of Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee completed its 2018 series of Lunch Bunch and Bingo events in late September with over 90 senior citizens participating and enjoying health food and fun with friends at the Mary Collins Community Center.William Sanchez, Committees and Special Events coordinator for the town, announced a special award was presented to Elderly Affairs Committee chair Dorothy Wix for her outstanding work and...

The Main Street Playhouse located at 6766 Main Street, opened Te Juro Juana, Que Tengo Ganas to enthusiastic audiences. Emilio Carballido, a contemporary Mexican playwright and novelist, has set the story in a town where the pompous head of a private school is trying to straighten out the life of his daughter.Although the production is performed entirely in Spanish, an English language synopsis in the program allows non-Spanish speakers to...

Local Miami Lakes actor Armando Bernal IV has been nominated for a Suncoast Regional Emmy award for his talent as performer and narrator. Bernal is best known for his role in PBS’s new show “Kid Stew.” The show is hosted by pre-teens, and was created to engage older children in creative expression through reading, music or art.Bernal is a life-long Miami Lakes resident, and is a Miami Lakes K-8 Center alum. Since he was 5-years-old, Bernal...

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) honored six local veterans for their service in the United States Armed Forces. The Congressional Veteran Commendation is a nominations-based program designed to recognize the veterans of Florida’s 25th Congressional District. The honorees, including two from Miami Lakes, will be interviewed and their wartime recollections will be added to the Veterans History Project, sponsored by the Library of...