Coconut Creek News
By ZAHRA HUBER
September 21, 2025
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek city managers are calling on residents of all ages to lend a hand in preserving local green spaces. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the parks division will host a cleanup event at Winston Park & Nature Trail at 5201 NW 49th Avenue, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.The initiative ...
BOCA RATON, FL — The uncertainty swirling around whether Tri-Rail train service survives could put more than 20,000 monthly Boca Raton train riders onto the roads. In August, more than 20,000 passengers arrived and departed from the Boca Raton Tri-Rail Station, according to Tri-Rail ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The Coral Springs police and fire departments need new dress uniforms and that’s going to cost more than twice the usual annual amount the city sets aside for them. The city commission this week approved spending $200,000, a jump of 122% increase from the $90,000 it had ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who spray-painted the back patio of Coconut Creek Fire Rescue Station 50.The vandalism happened around 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 12, police officials said in a social media post. A photo of the suspect indicates that he is white ...
WEST BOCA RATON — The owners of Uptown Boca in West Boca Raton have recently sold the retail center to a San Francisco-based real estate investment firm for $118.5 million. The center’s developers, a joint venture of Schmier Property Group, Giles Capital Group, Rosemurgy Properties and Wheelock ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The FBI is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man they say robbed the Amerant Bank in Coral Springs last month.On Thursday, they released photographs of the robbery that took place on Aug. 25 at around 11:45 a.m. at 1755 N. University Drive. The robber entered the bank ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 31-year-old Pompano Beach woman recently hit her boyfriend in Coconut Creek because she said he “enjoyed himself too much” at a strip club, according to an arrest report.The victim reported that Nathalie Galvan had attacked him following an argument after 1 a.m. on September ...
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — NYY Steak ranked second in the Best Casino Restaurants in the U.S. category of the USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards for 2025.The restaurant moved up one spot from its third-place finish in 2024, officials at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek recently announced. NYY ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs Target has been the site of a string of thefts this month, with police making multiple arrests and recovering thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise.Four people were arrested between Sept. 4 and Sept. 13 in connection with the thefts at the Target, located at ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A second tenured Florida Atlantic University professor has been placed on administrative leave following provocative comments posted on social media related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Rebel Cole, a Lynn Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor of Finance at FAU’s College of ...
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL — A new healthcare option for women has opened in northern Broward County with the launch of the HCA Florida Institute for Women’s Health & Body in Lighthouse Point.The center, located at 2850 N Federal Hwy, Suite 300, provides a full range of OB/GYN and women’s health ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – With a paintbrush in hand and a canvas propped at the entrance, Sergio Gomez is giving passersby at Promenade at Coconut Creek a front-row view into his world of art.This month, the 53-year-old artist and his wife, Yanina, opened 33 Contemporary Gallery, a 1,600-square-foot ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A driver in Coral Springs told police he was heading north on University Drive when another car — a red Toyota Corolla — tried to get around him but couldn’t. The Corolla pulled in behind him, then came up alongside as the two vehicles stopped at the light at NW 40th ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Lucky for four passengers aboard a Bombardier Challenger 300 jet that overshot the runway earlier this month, the Boca Raton Airport is one of just six in the state that has a safety system designed to safely stop aircraft that undershoot, overrun, or veer off the runway. According ...
POMPANO BEACH — Deputies shot and killed an armed man who barricaded himself inside a vacant Pompano Beach home at 2306 Bay Street, and attacked a K-9 during a standoff Tuesday night, authorities said.BSO barricaded both ends of Bay Drive in Pompano Beach while they say the suspect had barricaded ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — It just may be the cutest stowaway that ever showed up at a Coconut Creek fire station. A young woman who heard meowing from underneath her car last week decided to take it to Coconut Creek Fire Station 50, fire rescue officials posted on social media on Wednesday. Firefighters ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The grade is in for the Lyons Creek Middle School parent and bus loop flip that was instituted this school year in Coconut Creek, and it’s a resounding A. That’s what Coconut Creek officials told the Broward County Public Schools Board on Tuesday during the public comment ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Looks like The Knife: Parrilla Argentina finally may be opening soon after more than two years of anticipation for the new eatery at Coral Square Mall in Coral Springs. The Coral Springs Coconut Creek Regional Chamber of Commerce sent out a notice on Monday about a scheduled ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca Raton woman was recently arrested for domestic child abuse in connection with the alleged beating of a six-year-old girl with a large wooden spoon, leaving a 4-by-3-inch bruise on her left leg.According to a Boca Raton police report, police responded to a residence on Sept.
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek city officials have scheduled a special meeting of the city’s parks and recreation advisory board next week to discuss plans for the expansion of Lakeside Park. The city is seeking up to $200,000 in matching grant funds from the Florida Recreation Development ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — As part of its Hispanic Heritage Month activities, the North Regional/Broward College Library in Coconut Creek is hosting a performance by violist David Pedraza. He will perform from 3 to 4 p.m. on Saturday in Room 154 at the library located at 1100 Coconut Creek Boulevard. The ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A former Boca Raton mother is suing the City of Boca Raton and the City of Boynton Beach, alleging that the agencies “wrongfully and unlawfully” involuntarily committed her 14-year-old to a psychiatric hospital. According to the lawsuit, on Feb. 11, 2023, a National Suicide ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs man driving with 16 license suspensions was stopped once again for a traffic violation, this time in a school zone, and ended up in jail, according to a police report. An officer was conducting school zone enforcement near Coral Springs Middle School on Wiles ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Broward County Public School last week announced the district had 44 high school seniors named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, including one from Coconut Creek public schools. In Coconut Creek, Steven Strong of Monarch High School was named as a semifinalist. The ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 60-year-old woman lost $15,000 in a banking scam in Coconut Creek after being tricked into handing cash to a fake Wells Fargo representative, police said.On Aug. 7, she received a call from someone posing as the bank’s fraud department and was told her account had been ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The era of building on empty land in Coral Springs is nearly over.New city data presented recently to city commissioners shows just 57 privately owned vacant parcels remain across the city — a sharp reminder that future growth will hinge on redevelopment and taller buildings ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs mother is facing charges after a confrontation with her ex spiraled into a fight in a parking lot earlier this month, according to a police report. Police said 31-year-old Scarlett Rodriguez met her former partner on Royal Palm Boulevard late on Sept. 2. The two, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The Coconut Creek City Commission last week awarded a contract to a California company to provide crossing guards to city schools. Under the terms with All-City Management Services Inc., the city will pay $24.57 per hour for each crossing guard and supervisor. City leaders ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Residents will soon have a chance to explore the city in a new way through the Sunny Seekers Scavenger Hunt, a two-week community event running from Sept. 20 through Oct. 4.Organized as part of Coral Springs’ Neighborhoods with Integrity initiative, the scavenger hunt is aimed ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Tattoos are personal, permanent, and rarely chosen lightly. For many women, though, stepping into a male-dominated tattoo industry can feel intimidating.Ashley Shamash is working to change that. At Beauty in Ink Tattoos and Piercings in the 7th Street Shops, 33 SE 7th St., Suite L, ...