Popular Bank has been a presence in Miami Lakes for more than 15 years. A new regional headquarters planned for the center of town will represent its on-going prosperity.     Popular Bank is a tenant of The Kislak Organization in its building at 7900 Northwest 154th St., and Kislak will build the bank’s new five-story home that will rise next door.     It may be occupied in 2022.     Thomas Bartelmo, president and chief executive officer of...

The millage rate for Miami Lakes homeowners is expected to remain flat in the next fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The town council decided July 14 to tentatively cap the existing rate of $2.3127 per $1,000 of assessed residential property values. If kept, the rate would generate $8 million in revenues for the town’s proposed $17.65 million general fund budget. A property owner with a home valued at $450,000, less homestead...

Miami Lakes Councilwoman Marilyn Ruano has qualified to run for reelection in November.     Her opponent is political newcomer Raymond Garcia, who filed in May to run for Seat 3.     Garcia, 48, believed then that Ruano was going to run for mayor and decided to seek the council seat.     Instead, the two will face off for the unsalaried, four-year job.     Garcia is an insurance manager and volunteer with the Miami Lakes Neighborhood...

Whether students learn from home, online or in the classroom this year, they’ll still need supplies.     And just in time, the 2020 Back-to-School state tax holiday begins this weekend but it’s brief, from Aug. 7 – Aug. 9.     Eligible items under $15 -- binders, calculators, folders, markers, pencils and scissors -- are tax exempt.     So is clothing that costs less than $60.     The first $1,000 of a sale price for a computer and related...

When Miami-Dade County’s efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus included halting indoor dining on July 9, restaurant owners began serving diners outdoors.  The Miami Lakes town council has allowed struggling restaurants to expand their service to sidewalks and parking lots, with proper permits. Soon a white marquee appeared in front of Dr. Limon Ceviche Bar in the Cypress Village Shopping Center.The Peruvian restaurant will...