Getting the word out on health and wellness opportunities and programs available to children in the Miami Lakes community was the focus of the Fit Fair held on August 9 at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West. Many families came out on a beautiful sunny Saturday to take part in the free event. The Town of Miami Lakes and its Youth Activities Task Force along with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. partnered with Troop 248 Girl...

  Miami Lakes residents and Our Lady of the Lakes students (left) Aly Costa, 8, and Cindy Costa, 4, caught their first foul ball during the Marlins-St. Louis Cardinals game at Marlins Stadium on August 13. Their trip to the stadium was thanks to their father, long time resident and Miami Lakes attorney Maurice Costa, who won the tickets in a raffle held back in May during Ben Shepard Elementary’s second annual golf tournament at...

  As part of the Miami Marlins Seniors Free Ticket Thursday campaign, Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee will provide free transportation to the September 25 home game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Game starts at 4:10 p.m. Fans 55 years and above will receive complimentary tickets to any Thursdays Marlins home game, presented by Wellmax Medical Centers. Valid identification showing proof of age must be shown at the Marlins Park...

  The 12-Under South Florida Sluggers, one of the longest standing teams on the South Florida Travel Baseball scene, went international this summer to win the Grand Bahama Sports Festival Tournament championship which was held in Freeport, Grand Bahama August 8 -10. The Sluggers went 4-0 outscoring the competition 33-10. The team was 2-0 in pool play scoring a total of 18 runs and allowing only 4. They earned the Number 1 seed and had a...

  American High won its first football game but Hialeah Miami Lakes wasn’t so lucky as the two schools kicked-off the regular season under two new head coaches. The Patriots knocked off North Miami, 45-12, while Miami High blew out the Trojans, 35-0, last week. Led by head coach Anthony White, American scored three return touchdowns in the first quarter, as Joshua Dinson had a 100-yard interception return, his brother Jeremiah...