Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez and Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Tomas Regalado presented an outreach event at Town Hall on March 20.       County staff met with residents to answer questions about property tax benefits and exemptions.      Deputy Property Appraiser Lazaro Solis, Town Manager Edward Pidermann, Town Clerk Gina Inguanzo and Rudy Blanco, counsel for the Miami Lakes...

Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez held the first Morning with Medics on Feb. 19 at Vanilla Espresso French Café.  The event welcomes residents to meet paramedics from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to chat and learn more about the department and what its firefighters do, as well as the community outreach the department does around Miami-Dade County.  The concept is modeled on Coffee with a Cop events that are held in town. In the photo,...

  Dr. Maidelys Oliva of Olive Tree Pediatric Dentistry at 7920 NW 154th St. cut a ribbon at her new practice on March 11.       “As a resident of Miami Lakes, it’s an honor to serve the pediatric needs of our town,” Oliva said. She was joined at the ceremony by town officials, relatives, friends and members of the business community. “It’s an office that will make your kids and...

     A boy riding his bicycle along Fairway Drive on a Thursday afternoon slowed as he approached a crowd that included Dr. Ruth Schobel.      He said hello to his pediatrician, and she told him she was glad he was wearing a helmet.      After practicing medicine for four decades, Schobel was still dispensing health care advice.      The group of friends, patients,...

     Monsignor Edward Pace High School held its first Spartan Swine Showdown on March 1. The competitive pig roast raised $38,000 for improvements at the Miami Gardens campus, the school said.      Restaurant owners, BBQ experts and celebrated pitmasters judged the roasted porkers and chose Team ICS (Immaculate Conception Catholic School Celtics) as Grand Champions.       Other awards...