Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force continues its annual Movies in the Park series in April. This free movie watching event takes place at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 Montrose Road (N.W. 82 Avenue). The series will run on Friday, April 11, and Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Families are encourage to bring chairs and picnic blankets. Pizza, popcorn and soda will be available to purchase. For upcoming events and...

  Miami Lakes area churches have scheduled a variety of special service events for Easter.  New Testament Baptist Church (NTBC) has scheduled “The Story,” an Easter musical retelling of the Bible from Genesis through Revelation, that will be showing on the big screen on Saturday, April 12 at the NTBC Broward Campus at 13900 Griffin Road in Southwest Ranches. “The Story” will also be showing on Thursday,...

  B.J.'s Optical, located at 17250 N.W. 57 Avenue, has a new optometrist, Dr. Bruce Fleisher. Having previously worked for 17 years at Costco's Optical, Fleisher is happy to join the B.J.'s family and is seeing many of his loyal patients from his years of experience. Fleisher graduated in 1991 with a bachelor's in science from the University of Miami, and in 1995 from Nova Southeastern University's College of Optometry. He also...

  If Mater Lakes Academy starting pitcher Alexis Castroman continues her stellar performance, the Lady Bears could win the district championship and make a deep run in the playoffs. In a pivotal district game against Pace High, Castroman pitched a complete game, striking out six batters with no earned runs, as the Lady Bears defeated their district rivals 5-2. The win puts Mater Lakes Academy (8-6) in second place of the district and a...

  All Miami Lakes residents are invited to register for the upcoming Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training to be held April 10, 12 and 13. Classes will be held on Thursday, April 10, from 5 to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a disaster simulation exercise on the final day of class. To become certified, residents must attend all three days. CERT training is designed to provide basic...