Hilarious comedian and Miami Lakes resident Rich Purpura will bring magic and non-stop laughs back to the Main Street Playhouse on December 29 and 31, following his successful show from November 17.Purpura has been leaving crowds howling with laughter for years, as evidenced by his many friends who were in the audience to lend their support, some of which came from out of town. Quite a few audience members had never seen him before, and good...

A 21-year veteran employee of the Miami-Dade Public Library System was shot and killed in an attempted robbery at a bank in Miami Gardens on December 10.Jaime Humet, 47, was most recently a Librarian Assistant at the Miami Lakes Branch Library.Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez pledged $10,000 to be added to the $3,000 Crime Stoppers reward for information leading to the arrest of Humet’s killer.Information may be given anonymously by calling...

Shula’s Athletic Club raises money for The Women’s Breast and Heart Initiative (CAPTION) *Shula’s Athletic Club held a charity event in October called Exercise for a Cure. During the event the Club sold t-shirts, donated money with bracelets, bandanas and more. The Club also held a Zumba party to help raise money for a local non-profit group called The Women’s Breast and Health Initiative. The event raised $3,100. The head of the foundation,...

State Representative Jose Oliva (R-Miami Lakes) was sworn in as the new Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives on November 20 during the first day of the organizing session in Tallahassee.“I have been a Republican my entire adult life and I can’t tell you how honored I am,” he said.Oliva praised former Speaker of the House Richard Corcoran and other Republican leaders for a job well done in the past four years.“During the last four...

Three weeks before Miami Lakes hired a new town manager, a candidate for the position withdrew from the running after he was appointed the top executive administrator of Bay Harbor Islands.Bay Harbor’s town council voted last month to appoint JC Jimenez as the new town manager to replace Ron Watson, who resigned to become the city manager in Aventura.Jimenez, who was the assistant town manager for 13 years, began his new job on November...