The Town of Miami Lakes and non-profit charity Loving Soles are partnering for their annual shoe drive, in honor of “National Shoe the World Day,” which happens on March 15.     You can drop off gently worn footwear at the reception area in Miami Lakes Town Hall, 6601 Main St., weekdays from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.      Shoes will be accepted from Feb. 12 through March...

February is American Heart Health Month.      The Town of Miami Lakes wants to raise awareness about heart disease by asking folks to wear red on Friday, Feb. 5.      Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.      Ways to prevent or combat the disease -- which can lead to a fatal heart attack --...

     Kaitlynn Fundora and Kade Bodin are the winners of the 35th Annual Optimist Club of Miami Lakes Roland Gomez Scholarship Award.     The college students, both Miami Lakers, received their prizes -- $1,000 check to each to be used toward school expenses, as well as a gold medal --  at the end of 2020, according to Jim Hamilton, chairman of the club’s scholarship award...

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid has resumed his “mobile office,” driving to visit residents at their homes or to look into other issues around town, he said.      The visits to constituents are in addition to Cid’s office hours at Town Hall, held the first and third Saturdays of each month, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.      He has also begun hosting a podcast, called “305 VOX...

For the ninth year in a row, the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada awarded the Town of Miami Lakes a certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting.      The recognition was for the management and finance departments’ comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 20, 2019.      The award also recognizes...