Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force (YATF), in partnership with title sponsor Bella Mar Real Estate Group, invites residents and their families to Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Beauty & the Beast,” featuring an all-star cast including Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor and more. The free movie watching event will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 1, at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151...

Miami Lakes Youth Center will be hosting several fun and exciting programs for middle and high school students at “The Spot” in from 6 to 8 p.m. during December at 6075 Miami Lakes Drive. Wednesday, December 6 - Open Hang Night. The Youth Center is equipped with a billiard table, table tennis, indoor basketball shootout game, XboxOne, and more. Wednesday, December 13 - Friendship Bracelet Night. Bring friends for a fun night of...

A dispute over an FDOT traffic study which suggested opening two 1-75 overpasses near Miami Lakes wouldn’t cause a considerable impact to the town’s congested roadways sparked Miami Lakes Town Council members to conduct their own study to determine the amount of additional vehicles during peak hours. At a special meeting last month, the councilmembers tapped an engineering firm, HW Locher, to study the impacts of opening up two...

Miami Lakes, in partnership; with the YMCA, will be offering Winter Break camps at the Royal Oaks Park’s Roberto Alonso Community Center located at 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue, and at Miami Lakes Park East’s Youth Center located at 6075 Miami Lakes Drive. Both Winter Camps will be held from Tuesday, December 26, to Friday, January 5, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., except for New Year’s Day, January 1. The Winter Camp at Royal Oaks Park is...

Miami Lakes resident Perla Hantman was elected chair of the Miami-Dade County School Board for the 2017-2018 school year, serving an unprecedented 10th time as the leader of the board. Dr. Martin Karp was elected vice chair, his third time as second in command for the School Board. “I would like to thank my fellow School Board member for their confidence in electing me, once again, to serve as chair of the School Board,” Hantman...