Maria Nardi was recently named the new director for Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation and Open Space Department, replacing the retiring George Navarette. Navarette agreed to succeed retiring parks director, Jack Kardys, until his own retirement next month. Nardi, who previously served as Miami-Dade Parks’ assistant director of Planning and Design Excellence, started her new position on August 1.She directed two of the...

Surrounded by family, friends and residents, Mayor Manny Cid presented Vice Mayor Tony Lama with the Key to the Town at the July 25 Council meeting.After passionately serving the Town as a council member for nearly five years, Lama officially resigned on July 25 to accept his dream job of working as Principal Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services in Seattle, Washington.First elected in 2012 and re-elected last November, Lama has...

Bankers Title and Escrow Services and Annette Sanchez Law, P.A.,celebrated the grand opening of their new Miami Lakes office with a ribbon cutting by Mayor Manny Cid along with the rest of the council on Thursday, July 27 at 15500 New Barn Road, Suite 100. Fresh out of high school, Miami Lakes area native Jorge Safont worked as a loan processor for his first job where carbon copy and typewriters were king instead of the highly digital...

Residents and visitors still have until August 13 to catch the dark comedy Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon at The Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street. Bad Jews explores the relationships between three cousins who are brought together following the death of their grandfather, a Holocaust survivor. Conflict ensues as the trio fight over a “chai” that belonged to their grandfather. As Daphna and Liam battle over who is more...

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee (EAC) concludes its 11th annual Senior Games Series with some slam dunk fun! Seniors are invited to join the Basketball Free Throw, Three Point Shoot, and Cornhole competitions starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 26, at Shula’s Athletic Club, 15150 Bull Run Road.Senior Games participants will receive a snazzy t-shirt and medals will be awarded to winners in each age division for the male and...