Coconut Creek News
By LUIS F. PEREZ
October 6, 2024
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police responded to two recent dog bite incidents across the city, according to a police bulletin. At around 5:40 p.m. on Sept. 28, they went to the Banyan Bay Apartment Homes on 4300 block of West Atlantic Boulevard after a dog bit a man while intervening in a dog ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) has introduced its newest recruit, an eight-month-old bloodhound named K-9 Ziva, to assist in locating some of the most vulnerable missing people in Broward County. Ziva, whose name means “bright” and “radiant” in Hebrew, is currently ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A Coconut Creek resident recently called police to report a theft from his car totaling about $7,000, according to a police bulletin. The victim told police that sometime between 8 p.m. on Sept. 26 and 9 a.m. on Sept. 27 someone went into his car parked on the 5500 block of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs Festival of the Arts will end its nearly two-decade run after its final event in March.Organizers of the festival that has drawn more than 30,000 people to The Walk of Coral Springs every year said this week they are ending the two-day festival because it has ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Welcome to Jason’s Picks, where our food editor Jason Perlow shares the best places to eat in Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, and beyond. Whether it’s a new spot or a local favorite, here’s what he’s enjoyed lately. This week, it’s tacos and Asian food!Tacocraft 3240 University ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The third time was not the charm for a Fort Lauderdale man whom Coconut Creek arrested last week after filling up his cart at Walmart and attempting to walk out of an emergency exit.Police arrested him and his partner, a woman. In a June incident, surveillance video showed ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - The state recently shut down the Chevron Gas station at 5420 N. University Drive in Coral Springs after tests showed its gas was contaminated. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued a stop sale order to the station owners Chevron/RJD Investments Inc.
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - For one Coral Springs family, gardening isn’t just a hobby—it’s a way of life that brings them closer together while providing a much-needed escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Kim Lancaster, her husband Kris, and their sons Mathew, 15, and Dominick, 12, have ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek voters get to decide on Election Day whether or not they want an elected mayor — and city leaders want to make sure they know what changes will occur, if they approve a local ballot measure. City Clerk Joseph Kavanagh launched a number of new initiatives to educate ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Monarch High School students in Coconut Creek have launched a Hurricane Helene relief drive and are seeking donations of essential supplies. The high schoolers have enlisted the help of Coconut Creek Elementary and Winston Park Elementary schools as well. They’re accepting ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek has passed a new local law banning single-use plastic, a move that mostly impacts the city’s 70 or so eateries. The move prohibits food providers from selling, using or offering single-use plastic straws or stirrers, but they can offer compostable straws as an ...
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — The next Homegrown Concert Series concert will feature the VAM Band at the Coconut Creek Community Center on Friday, Oct. 18. The show will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and is free to attend. The event is open to all ages and will be held at the bandshell at 1100 Lyons ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police arrested a group of teens out on a Friday night, chasing ghosts, drinking beer, smoking pot, and vandalizing city property, according to police. On Sept. 28 around 1:47 a.m., the teens were seen on closed-circuit TV breaking into a boarded-up building owned ...
TAMARAC - A six-year-old boy is dead after accidentally shooting himself with a relative’s gun at a home in Tamarac.The Broward County Sheriff’s Department was called to the 5600 block of Rock Island Road on Monday afternoon on reports of a shooting. When deputies arrived, they saw the boy, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – As the new owners of Schmear Bagel Co. in Coral Springs, Oleg Krutansky and Mike Monastirski know a thing or two about making a quality bagel.They should know. “We’re New Yorkers. We know what a good bagel is. We take bagels very seriously,” Monastirski said.“Yea, we grew up ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Up next for city review on the massive MainStreet at Coconut Creek development, the roadway master plan for the 200 acres or so of the proposed project. The city’s planning and zoning board is scheduled to review the much-anticipated roadway plan at its Tuesday meeting. City ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - An elderly man and a woman from Coconut Creek recently reported losing thousands of dollars in separate fraud cases involving phone scams, police reports show. On Sept. 19, an 81-year-old Wynmoor Village resident filed a fraud report with the Coconut Creek Police Department ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek’s five elected commissioners have approved the city’s $222.7 million budget for the next fiscal year, which includes a tax rate hike and an increase in the fire assessment fee. The commission voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt a tax rate or millage rate of ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - As Broward County school officials mull the future of a redefined district and Coconut Creek Elementary School, city leaders see an opportunity to add to their vision of a linear educational campus along a stretch of Coconut Creek Parkway. City leaders have already used grant ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Four members of the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department are heading out to assist with post-Hurricane Helene rescue efforts. Battalion Chief Anthony Gonzalez, Fire Inspector Steve Fernandez, and Firefighters Richard Zino and Oscar Gomez were deployed at 5 a.m. Wednesday as ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Police recently obtained an arrest warrant for a former Broward College Coconut Creek campus employee accused of stealing and selling about 20 laptops. Police have been trying to serve Donald Scott Schultz, 53, formerly of Miami, but they have been unable to do so in the case ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Clean Eatz, a national franchise providing high-protein, low-carb, and low-sugar meal options, has opened its newest location in the West Creek Commons shopping center in Coconut Creek.It’s owned by Robert Dolce, a fitness enthusiast who grew up in a Haitian family and is ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - With stormy weather expected to hit Coconut Creek and the rest of South Florida from the passing Hurricane Helene, Broward County Public Schools announced Wednesday that its closing schools and offices on Thursday. The hurricane is on a path toward Florida's Big Bend area and ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - In the days after the recent school shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, Coconut Creek police school resource officers have seen a spike in threat calls.According to police bulletins, in the week before the Sept. 4 shooting that saw two 14-year-old students and two ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek is under a tropical storm warning and flood watch as Hurricane Helene ratchets up its strength, and that means area residents should prepare for deteriorating conditions through 8 a.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service issues a ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The Coconut Creek City Commission is expected to take up changes to local laws at its Thursday meeting that mirror a controversial state law banning sleeping and camping on public property and gives city police new enforcement power. Earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek is organizing a bus tour of the city’s public art, parks, and trails.The tour is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 9. Only 25 seats are available, so city officials are requiring participants to register to secure a spot on the tour. The tour will begin at City Hall ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A young Coral Springs resident diagnosed with cancer will get to see her favorite musician in concert, thanks to a generous gift. In recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a Broward Health pharmacy technician and her daughter are donating two Taylor Swift concert ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek city leaders are set this week to consider the developers’ request to build more townhomes in the massive MainStreet at Coconut Creek development. This time, the developers are seeking permission at Thursday’s City Commission meeting to build 16 two-story buildings ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek Elementary is on the school district’s list of schools to repurpose due to its low enrollment, and that has city leaders advocating for it to become a K-8 school. District leaders held a community meeting at Coconut Creek High School last week to discuss how to ...