For veteran Makissa Lewis, leading the 44th Annual Miami Lakes Veterans Parade was a way to further her cause of supporting women who have served in the military.       Lewis, 45, of Port St. Lucie, was this year’s grand marshal. She rode in a car along the mile-long parade through downtown Miami Lakes on Nov. 5 and spoke at Town Hall during the ceremony that followed.     ...

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid is going to nominate attorney Mariam D. Yanes, chair of the town’s Planning and Zoning Board, to replace former Vice Mayor Carlos Alvarez, who resigned during a council meeting on Nov. 14. “There were a lot of qualified committee members,” Cid said Wednesday of the volunteers he considered for the council seat  who also serve on a dozen boards and committees in town. “What is unique...

Vice Mayor Carlos O. Alvarez resigned from the Miami Lakes Town Council late Tuesday night, just one year into his second four-year term. Alvarez said his duties as an educator had to take priority at this point in his life. Alvarez opened the City of Hialeah Educational Academy (COHEA) in 2008, and works with the CIVICA network of schools, according to his town biography. He said the school system is growing. "As my...

Councilman Tony Fernandez's first Pumpkins and Pages storytelling event invited kids to Miami Lakes Town Hall on Oct. 13 to hear two Halloween stories.  The event featured plenty of Halloween-themed fun, including free children's books; pumpkins filled with candies; coloring books with crayons and cookies and juice.  There was also a themed backdrop for family pictures and cut outs of Linus and Sally from...

Give Miami Day is coming up next week. It’s the annual event that invites people in South Florida to donate online to their favorite non-profits that are among the 1,100 organizations that participate. Last year 41,000 donors gave more than $32 million to such groups, according to The Miami Foundation, which hosts the 24-hour event on Nov. 16. There are many groups in and near Miami Lakes that donors may support and are close...