Miami-Dade County Public schools (M-DCPS) started the 2018-2019 school year with 90 programs and initiatives that builds on M-DCPS’s goals on providing classrooms with innovation, academic rigor and expanded student access.  Over 60 programs were created or strengthened for the new school year. Local schools like American Senior high and Hialeah Gardens Senior High will be participating in course embedded virtual reality...

  North Palm Baptist Church invites the community of Miami Lakes to hear a presentation given by Jews for Jesus on Sunday, September 16 at 10:30 a.m at 7801 N.W. 178 Street. The topic will be “Gospel in the feasts of Israel.” Jews for Jesus is an agency that proclaims that Jesus is the messiah of Israel and savior of the world. The late Dr. Moishe Rosen, a Jew who has believed in Jesus for over 35 years, founded the...

  Virtuoso violinist Eric Silberger makes his recital debut in Miami Lakes playing solos and joining local musicians: Violist Michael Klotz, cellist Jason Calloway (both Artists-in-Residence at FIU School of Music), and renowned pianist Adolfo Vidal for an evening of solo violin and chamber music at Miami Lakes Congregational Church. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12, at the church, 6701 Miami Lakeway South,...

  Fourteen candidates and three alternates seeking the town manager’s position for Miami Lakes made the first round cut and will be interviewed over a two-day period for the Town Manager Selection Committee to narrow the list of applicants to seven by September. The committee will examine and grill the candidates for six hours during two meetings scheduled for Monday, August 27 and Tuesday, August 28 via Skype in the Council...

  After Hurricane Irma left a trail of damages in South Florida, Miami Lakes residents living in Lake Patricia and Lake Katharine were without power for 10 days since their neighborhoods have overhead power lines. They turned to the town’s elected voices about burying the power lines underground like other areas, where residents’ power was restored in six hours following the tempest. But when a town engineer assessed the...