Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee hosted a luncheon on March 30 at Shula’s Hotel on Main Street in honor of Women’s History Month. The event was sponsored by The Graham Companies.Miami Lakes resident Lorena E. Bravo, Esq. the director of the Law Department for the City of Hialeah, introduced the keynote speaker, Miami Lakes resident the Honorable Judge Monica Gordo, with a moving history of her education, public service and continued...

The Graham Companies and Main Street Merchants announced the winners of “Best Day Ever” Main Street Banner Art Contest.With over 300 submissions, only 26 pieces of art could be selected to be showcased on the light poles along Main Street. The submissions were judged by more than 50 individuals with a selection of the top piece of work based on Elementary, Middle and High School groups.The top Elementary School submission was from Bob Graham...

Jack McCall had such a huge impact on the Optimist Club of Miami Lakes that Town Council members granted him the ultimate honor.At the April 9 regular Town Council meeting, lawmakers sponsored legislation proposed by Mayor Manny Cid to rename the road leading to the Optimist Clubhouse after McCall, and name the 10U baseball field as Jack McCall Field.Cid said he received so many emails and phone calls from residents to honor McCall and the...

Miami Lakes residents have been encouraged to sign up for “ALERTMIAMILAKES,” the Town’s mass notification system.Powered by Everbridge, the global leader in critical mass notification, the system enables the Town to reach its residents and visitors effectively in case of an emergency.The system enables the Town to reach its citizens who have opted in to use the service online via different channels they chose to be contacted like text...

It’s a fact. There are over 30,000 Latinos suffering from Alzheimer’s in South Florida and this number will six-fold in the next 30 years.The Latino Center on Aging (LCA), in partnership with the Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee, will host an Alzheimer’s Conference in Spanish from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, at the Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue, to educate and inform the Spanish speaking Miami Lakes...