The 5th annual Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure which raises cancer awareness and money to help fight the deadly disease is scheduled for Sunday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Main Street.With Hialeah Park Racing and Casino as a new partner, the event features a concert at the park at 7 p.m., Friday, April 5. Scheduled to perform are 1980s and 1990s music legends Erotic Exotic, Man Trap, Coro, Angel A-Love and D.J. Santana.More than 250...

Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force invites residents and their families to enjoy the annual Spring Fling and Easter Egg Hunt from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.Title sponsor this year is Ignite Church along with other sponsors Family Dentistry and Orthodontics of Miami Lakes and Specialty Smiles.There will be two egg hunts this year for children 12 years and under. The 1st...

On April 1, the Town of Miami Lakes launched “Miami Lakes Connect,” a new platform that improves the public’s ability to submit and track non-emergency service requests ranging from litter and park maintenance to damaged sidewalks and potholes through an online web portal and mobile devices.Powered by SeeClickFix, “Miami Lakes Connect” allows residents to submit quality of life concerns on the Town’s website, mobile applications (iPhone,...

Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste (DSWM) encouraged residents to participate in the “Go Green, and Recycle Your Evergreen” Christmas tree this part holiday season. These evergreens have now been chipped and the material is available to DSWM residential waste service area customers free of charge.Persons interested in picking up Christmas tree mulch must bring their own bags or containers and the mulch will be available on a...

Miami-Dade’s fire chief, Dave Downey, is calling it a career.Downey said he is retiring because of the government Deferred Retirement Option Program which allows him to take the maximum amount allowed under his pension.“I entered the DROP program five years ago and I can’t turn back,” he said during an exclusive interview with The Miami Laker. “I don’t want to leave but I don’t have a choice.”Downey has spent 37 years as a firefighter, six...