Coconut Creek Top Stories
By LUIS F. PEREZ
October 21, 2025
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The last day of October may include boos, beasts and broomsticks in the streets of Coconut Creek, and now it’ll also add a new Burlington. The sign has gone up at 4847 Coconut Creek Parkway, announcing that Oct. 31 is opening day for the city’s newest department store. The space ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The 2nd Annual Arts and Craft Festival at the Promenade at Coconut Creek will take place Nov. 15 and 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.The free, two-day event will feature arts and crafts from local and national crafters, organizers recently announced. Organized by Howard Alan ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The Coral Springs City Commission plans to consider five options this week for a planned sportsplex on vacant land adjacent to the Coral Springs Aquatic Complex and Tennis Center, all of which come with a price tag that includes a property tax increase. The commission is ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Pasquale’s Pizza, 5609 Coral Ridge Drive in Coral Springs, will host a two-day fundraiser on Wednesday and Thursday to support the Parkland 17 Memorial Foundation, which is leading efforts to build the official public memorial honoring the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Louie Bossi’s is back in Boca Raton. After an April kitchen fire closed the Italian restaurant at the corner of Palmetto Park Road and Federal Highway, its proprietors plan to reopen on Nov. 3, they announced Monday. The day before the restaurant officially opens, the owners plan ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A 61-year-old West Boca Raton woman has died from injuries sustained in an August traffic crash at Palmetto Park Road and Lyons Road, according to Palm Beach Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said that Pamela Susan Poggiali, who was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Sonic, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The next generation of green thumbs at Coconut Creek K–8 Academy of Excellence will soon see their garden bloom into a full-fledged “food forest,” thanks to a $2,000 Healthy Seeds Foundation grant from the new Sprouts Farmers Market in Coconut Creek.The school, formerly Coconut ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A Coral Springs mother was arrested after she allegedly stole nearly $900 worth of clothes and toys from Macy’s at Coral Square Mall — with her three young children, including an infant, by her side, according to a police report.Marwa Cherif, 34, entered the store at 9263 West ...
POMPANO BEACH — When Yana and Oleksandr Yanovsky created their jellyfish museum in Kyiv, Ukraine - some city residents first thought it was a joke, according to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal.But the museum - featuring large aquariums filled with the mesmerizing, undulating creatures - ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 65-year-old Coconut Creek woman hit her husband and threatened him with a knife during a heated argument over suspicions that he was having an affair, according to an arrest report.Police responded to the couple’s home on Oct. 10 just before midnight after receiving a report ...
POMPANO BEACH — City commissioners voted Tuesday to accept the donation of the historic George Foster chapel from a private developer and move it to a new home in Centennial Park, preserving one of Pompano Beach’s oldest remaining landmarks.Under the agreement, OT Property Group LLC, led by ...
BOCA RATON, FL — After just a few months in operation, the Boca Farmers Market has outgrown its first home and is moving to a new, larger space at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC). The grand reopening is set for this Sunday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.The year-round Sunday market will now ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – After more than a decade on display at Betti Stradling Park, Coral Springs Public Art Committee has decided to decommission the large metal sculpture Cosmological Principle due to escalating repair costs that now exceed its original purchase value.According to city meeting ...
BOCA RATON, FL — The sounds of pickleball will start reverberating through Patch Reef Park in Boca Raton next week when players can start using the new covered courts. The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District plans on holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 to open ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — As the city’s last large tract of undeveloped land is set to turn into a huge mix-used complex called MainStreet at Coconut Creek, city leaders are starting to look at redevelopment. So, they’re looking to hire a consultant to advise them on the best approach. To that end, the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Protesters plan to descend on downtown Coral Springs on Saturday to protest the federal government and its policies, joining tens of thousandsThey’ll join protesters in different cities across the country in what organizers call a “No Kings” protest. In Coral Springs, the ...
BOCA RATON, FL - The James Hardie™ Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational presented a $420,000 check to the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation last week. The donation was part of a record $630,000 in charitable contributions generated from the inaugural 2025 James Hardie Invitational ...
BOCA RATON — As the federal government shutdown drags into its third week, two area political figures — Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer, a Republican eyeing a potential run for Congress, and Rep. Jared Moskowitz, the Democrat who currently holds the District 23 seat — offering sharply contrasting ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — ONX, Inc. will lay off 30 employees as it winds down operations at its automated homebuilding plant in Pompano Beach, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter filed with state and local officials.The company said the layoffs at its 1200 NW ...
BOCA RATON, FL - A soft hum of music, chilled drinks, and the scent of lavender greet visitors as they step into Boca Raton’s newest destination for wellness and rejuvenation — Asõka MedSpa, just south of Mizner Park.On Friday, Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce welcomed the new business with a ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The sidewalk along Sample Road from Lyons Road to Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek will be torn up next spring as the city and county partner on a $2.7 million improvement project. The Coconut Creek City Commission is expected to take up an agreement with Broward County to use ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Two men suspected of committing multiple thefts across Broward County were arrested in Weston last week after investigators connected them to a shoplifting incident at the Kohl’s in Coconut Creek.Coconut Creek Police responded to Kohl’s at 6950 N. State Road 7 on Oct. 4, after ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Entrepreneurs, small business owners, and business leaders are invited to a workshop on Monday, Oct. 27, from 12 to 1 p.m. at Office Evolution Coral Springs, 3301 N. University Dr., Suite 100, focused on helping businesses grow through innovation, commercialization, and funding ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A motorcyclist who fled from Florida Highway Patrol troopers in Boca Raton has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police pursuit.According to the FHP, a trooper attempted to stop a red motorcycle seen driving recklessly in the area of Yamato Road and Technology ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek announced on a Thursday social media post that it has been re-certified as a National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat, a recognition it has received for the 21st year in a row. The designation highlights the city’s long-standing commitment to the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — A man known as “Pikachu” with a history of violence recently threatened to cut another man’s throat with a pocketknife in Coconut Creek, resulting in his arrest, according to a police report. At around 4:50 p.m. on Oct. 12, a witness called police when she saw Manuel L. Garcia, ...
BOCA RATON, FL – Romero Britto, the Brazilian-born pop artist celebrated for his bold colors and uplifting imagery, will attend the ribbon cutting of his new store at Town Center at Boca Raton this Saturday, Oct.18.The event runs from 1 to 4 p.m. near Nordstrom at 6000 Glades Road, and includes a ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A man attempted to pass off fake checks at a Coconut Creek bank and bolted out the door and into traffic once employees caught on, police say.Employees at Citibank, on Coconut Creek Parkway, told police that 34-year-old Jermill Daniel of Lauderhill tried to deposit two fake ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — A divided Broward County Public School Board on Tuesday changed its district ban on cell phone use for high school students in Coconut Creek and across the county, allowing them to use phones only at lunchtime. The ban on cell phone use during the school day remains for middle ...
MARGATE, FL – Residents of northwest Broward County can take concrete steps to reduce the risk of prescription drug misuse on Saturday, Oct. 25, when HCA Florida Northwest Hospital, Walgreens, and the Margate Police Department host a “Crush the Crisis” Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The event ...