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Miami Lakes
Miami Lakes residents rocked the Fourth at Optimist Park
- The Miami Herald , Jul 9
Thousands of people turned out for the 10th annual Independence Day celebration at Optimist Park in Miami Lakes. The free event was open to ... the public and featured live music, food trucks and a 20-minute-long fireworks show.
EDUCATION
Technology broadens horizons for Miami-Dade students with disabilities
- The Miami Herald , Jun 29From iPads to power tools, advances in technology are creating breakthroughs in the classroom for students with disabilities.
Dead voter who was sent a ballot is purged from Miami-Dade elections roll
- The Miami Herald , Jun 27The Miami-Dade Elections Department has purged from its voter roll the name of a woman who died in 2010 but was recently sent a ballot to vo... te in a special referendum in Miami Lakes.
Miami Lakes
Voters dismantle Miami Lakes’ district council system
- The Miami Herald , Jun 26Miami Lakes voters have approved a charter amendment that makes all of the town’s elected positions at-large instead of district-spec... ific.
ELECTION
Dead woman receives absentee ballot for Miami Lakes referendum
- The Miami Herald , Jun 25Miami-Dade elections officials said they didn’t know the woman had died, so they sent her a ballot for a Miami Lakes mail-in referend... um.
North Miami Beach and Miami Lakes
Cities launch smartphone apps to provide services
- The Miami Herald , Jun 18Reporting code violations, filing complaints, requesting tree removals and other services should be easier for residents of North Miami Beac... h and Miami Lakes.
From South Florida Blogs & Websites
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Naked Politics: Dead voter who was sent a ballot purged from Miami-Dade elections roll
Naked Politics, Jun. 27, 2013@msanchezMIA & @kikeflor
The Miami-Dade Elections Department has purged from its voter roll the name of a woman who died in 2010 but was recently sent a ballot to vote in a special referendum in Miami Lakes.
After learning on Tuesday about the ballot sent to Belén Alvarez Vásquez, county officials contacted [...]
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Naked Politics: Dead woman receives absentee ballot for Miami Lakes mail-in referendum
Naked Politics, Jun. 26, 2013@kikeflor
Belén Alvarez Vásquez died nearly three years ago, but an absentee ballot was still mailed to her by the Miami-Dade Election Department for a Miami Lakes referendum that took place Tuesday.
?I don?t understand how they could have sent her an absentee ballot when she is dead,? said Ada Morales, Alvarez?s [...]
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FIU Golden Panthers Prowl: Diaz boomeranging back home?
FIU Golden Panthers Prowl, Jun. 24, 2013An ESPN report says Kansas State's 6-10 Adrian Diaz, a Hialeah Miami Lakes graduate, will be transferring to FIU. I'm on vacation, but working to confirm this.
Diaz played in 26 of K-State's 35 games, averaged 7.7 minutes per game, 2.7 points and 1.6 rebounds in 2012-13. He wouldn't be eligible for this [...]
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EYE ON MIAMI: Eye On Miami Political Beauty Contest of 2013 Redux: Choose a winner! By Geniusofdespair.
EYE ON MIAMI, Jun. 19, 2013
1. State Sen. Audrey Gibson - Rivera Beach, 2. Aventura Commissioner Enbar Cohen, 3. State Rep. Jose Oliva - Miami Lakes, 4. State Rep. Shevrin D. Jones - West Park, 5. State House Speaker Will Weatherford, 6. State Rep. Bobby Powell - Rivera Beach, 7. Councilwoman Christine Fraga, [...] -
Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida: Gay Miami Lakes Educational senior wins Silver Knight honorable mention for English & Literature
Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida, May. 23, 2013Congratulations to Sandy Rodriguez, a gay senior at Miami Lakes Educational Center who won an honorable mention for English and Literature Wednesday night at the 2013 annual Silver Knight Award ceremony:
BY CHABELI HERRERA
CHERRERA@MIAMIHERALD.COMForty-five students were selected among the best of the best in [...]










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