Maurits Acosta   Senior at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School  Student advisor, Miami-Dade County School Board Hialeah   “While I think teachers and the school district should absolutely be able manage screen time and cell phone usage in the classroom, I am not in favor of a cell phone restriction like the one implemented in Broward County,” Maurits Acosta wrote in an...

 Kid’s Choice Learning Center held a ribbon cutting on July 25 to celebrate the opening of the new school.       The new daycare and voluntary pre-Kindergarten center is in a renovated building at 6152 NW 153rd St. It offers services for kids who are 12 months to four years old.        Kid’s Choice is run by the Leal family of Miami Lakes. Friends and neighbors joined them at the...

It’s the rainy season, and recent heavy downpours flooded town streets with excess water that rose toward front doors.  The Town of Miami Lakes is offering teenagers an opportunity to earn community service hours by making sandbags to help protect properties. Kids can volunteer at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 NW 87th Ave. Contact John Paul Yanes, at yanesj@miamilakes-fl.gov.       The sandbags are free to...

Bruno, a Jack Russell Terrier mix, is a survivor. Newlyweds Vanessa Salinas-Acosta and Juan  Salinas-Acosta adopted the boy from the county shelter in 2009.  He’s lived with the couple in downtown Miami Lakes since 2022, and his exercise routines may be contributing to his longevity. Despite his advanced age, Bruno will run up and down three flights of stairs and takes long walks around town, Vanessa Salinas-Acosta...

Miami Laker Rob Waterfield saw some Black Skimmers catching fish in the lake at the former Par 3 Golf Course that is bordered by Miami Lakes Drive and the northbound exit from the Palmetto Expressway.      “I saw the pair, and on another day there were four,” Waterfield said. “They were eating, going back and forth and eating fish. I’ve seen them before on Loch Andrews, in the...