“Miami Lakes is a cool place, but it's so quiet. I want to make some noise, make it fun,” said Rufino Paulino, owner of the newest restaurant in Miami Lakes, Dr. Limon's Ceviche Bar, located at 7341 Miami Lakes Drive in the Cypress Village shopping center. Though an official grand opening celebration is still in the works and a ribbon cutting with the Town Council happened only a couple weeks ago, Paulino's restaurant is...

Kiwanis International and UNICEF joined forces on a five year project to raise $110 million dollars to eliminate maternal and neo-natal tetanus in third world countries. This project was appropriately named the ELIMINATE project and for just a $1.80 a child or mother is vaccinated against tetanus. To date over $100 million has been raised towards meeting the goal. This being accomplished through the efforts of Kiwanis clubs worldwide and...

Nikki Sheaks has been selected to represent Miami Lakes at the nationally televised Miss Florida USA/Miss Florida Teen USA 2018 pageant. This is the inaugural year for the new state directors, the Chrisley Family, to direct the Sunshine State’s oldest and most celebrated Beauty Competition to qualify two young ladies to advance to either Miss Teen USA or Miss USA and ultimately Miss Universe. The dates of the nationally televised...

Barbara Goleman High School is bringing the 22nd and 23rd century to Miami Lakes in 2018-2019, when the school ushers in a new Mega Magnet program, which is aimed at enhancing the quality of education for students in an effort to help them stay consistent with the national standards of learning.Unlike a traditional Magnet program, the Mega Magnet program teaches more than a set of skills, as students have a new way of looking at the work in a...

For more than 30 years, the Town of Miami Lakes, and the former Miami Lakes Civic Association, have saluted veterans with the longest running parade in all of Miami-Dade County.This year, the Town and its Veterans Affairs Committee will host the 38th annual Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, November 5.Sponsored in part by The Graham Companies, Miami Lakes AutoMall, the Optimist Club of Miami Lakes, and Vista Memorial Funeral Home, the patriotic...