Coconut Creek News
By LUIS F. PEREZ
August 1, 2024
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The Coconut Creek proposed budget for the next fiscal year is out and it includes a tax rate jump and a fire assessment fee increase. The 435-page document released Thursday is the starting point for budget discussions with the city’s elected leaders, most of whom have said ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – To fight crime these days, even police dogs need armor. Coral Springs police this week announced that four of its K9 dogs are getting bullet and stab protective vests, thanks to a donation from nonprofit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. The department has five ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Two Coconut Creek high school football teams will take part in the Broward County National High School Football Showcase this season, organizers announced Wednesday. The event, organized by the Broward Education Foundation, brings national powerhouse teams to the county where ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The fourth employee at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek to face sanctions for allowing a transgender athlete to play girls’ volleyball was suspended for 10 days, the Broward County school board decided this week. In this case, it was the athlete’s mother, Jessica Norton, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Developers of the massive Mainstreet at Coconut Creek development have obtained about 50 percent of the approvals needed to move forward with plans to build on nearly 200 vacant acres. So far, city leaders have mostly green-lighted about 10 out of 20 approvals the developers ...
PARKLAND, FL – A driver is recovering after his car plunged into a canal off Loxahatchee Road in Parkland on Sunday evening, authorities said. Firefighters from Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department and deputies from Broward Sheriff’s Office responded around 8 p.m. to a vehicle that crashed ...
MARGATE - About five and half months into her pregnancy, Elizabeth Boyd went to work. She didn’t feel right. So, Boyd, 29, went with her fiancé, Tyrell Lockett, 38, to get checked out. A nurse told her she could feel the baby’s foot coming out. She was only 22 weeks along in her pregnancy.
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The next edition of the Coconut Creek Summer Concert Series is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 3 at Sabal Pines Park. The featured performer will be the Streetlight Band, which is billed as a Top 40 dance band. Their repertoire includes dance selections and love songs from ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The city of Coconut Creek is holding its back-to-school movie night at 8 p.m. on Aug. 10 at the Butterfly Lot, which is just east of the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. The event at 5280 NW 40 Street features a free drive-in screening of the movie Trolls Band ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A new state school grades report released this week showed that nearly half of public schools in Coconut Creek improved their grades this year. The Florida Department of Education’s release of the 2024 grades showed that the grades went up at three Coconut Creek schools from ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - While you’d never realize that one of the best sandwich shops in Coral Springs is hidden inside a Grab’n Go convenience store on the far end of West Sample Road, Don Lucho's Cafe has been assembling top subs since the summer of 2019. This unique establishment offers a ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Sharkey’s Bar & Grill in Coral Springs is expanding to make room for growing crowds, coming for live music and dining. The owner, Richard “Richie” Kushner, said he plans to add another 1,200-square-feet to the 4,900-square-foot restaurant and live music venue by the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A brouhaha at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Coconut Creek Parkway last week involved a flying sandwich, airborne hot coffee, a bucket of rags and a broomstick-wielding employee, according to a police report. It all started with a confrontation between a 27-year-old female Dunkin’ ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - For the first time in more than a decade, Broward County Public Schools has received an “A” rating for the performance of students in its schools. The school district, which maintained an A-rating consistently in the early 2000s, dropped to a B-rating in 2012. However, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A Coconut Creek resident paid a handyman who made off with $7,000 and never came back to do the work, according to a police report. After paying the worker, the 53-year-old resident of the Centura Parc community waited from June 7 until July 21 before finally calling police ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - As part of the Coconut Creek Ambassador Program, city leaders are holding a safety night at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 8 at the Government Center. The city’s fire and police departments will feature fire and police vehicles, K9 and police motorcycle demonstrations, bike helmet ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – On its website, the restaurant bills itself as the No. 1 in Italian and Brazilian cuisine, specializing in traditional foods of northern Italy and the street fare of Brazil. And it’s coming to Coconut Creek. Fornello Italian Cuisine is set to open in the Winston Park Center ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A new coffee shop planning to open in Coconut Creek has dropped those plans. Foxtail Coffee Co. is no longer planning to open at 6750 State Road 7, according to Yvonne Lopez, a spokeswoman for the city of Coconut Creek. The chain had filed building permits with the city to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The city of Coconut Creek is holding its back-to-school movie night at 8 p.m. on Aug. 10 at the Butterfly Lot, which is just east of the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. The event at 5280 NW 40 Street features a free drive-in screening of the movie Trolls Band ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Florida Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, who represents Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, and Parkland, is holding a town hall meeting on Tuesday to address community questions and concerns regarding major construction projects on Florida’s Turnpike, Sawgrass Expressway, Sample Road, and ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A 77-year-old Coconut Creek woman recently had a motorcyclist punch out her rearview mirror in a road rage incident, according to a police report. At around 6:15 a.m. on July 9, the woman made a left onto Copans Road from NW 40 Street, driving up to the intersection of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The new ELLA café has opened at Pine Ridge Square shopping center on Wiles Road in Coral Springs. The café offers coffee, sandwiches, salads, and pastries in a “relaxing, home-like atmosphere,” said Mark Lopez, the company’s director of operations. “It’s a place for family ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 16-year-old girl told police she was raped by a 37-year-old Coral Springs man while in his car during a job break in Coconut Creek earlier this month, according to a police report. Coconut Creek police arrested Daniel Latorre on July 10, three days after the girl accused ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A 49-year-old Coconut Creek woman recently reported that her car was broken into, and she lost about $16,000 in the theft, according to police. At around 4:15 p.m. on July 9, the woman called police about the break-in at the Marketplace at Hillsboro, which is at 4233 W.
PARKLAND, FL – Earlier this year, Drew and Janet Bartoszek took over a nursery in the middle of Parkland, and brought in thousands of trees, bushes, and plants to sell to the public. It was an expansion of the couple’s Gardening Angel Nursery business which they had started two decades earlier ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek public elementary school and middle school students saw drops across the board in state tests after the pandemic, with the largest coming in math. But those scores have mostly recovered in state standardized test scores, according to the most recent Florida ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Broward College Foundation is hosting its first pickleball challenge to raise money for student scholarships, educational programs, and student resources. The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, at the Diadem Pickleball Complex on the Broward ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek’s three public high schools have seen a steady increase in the state’s standardized test scores since a dramatic drop after the pandemic, according to new Florida Department of Education data. Coconut Creek High School leads the way with the increases in the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs police have made an arrest in the killing of 28-year-old Kinolee Gardner – a homeless man found shot dead in front of a business on Wiles Road on July 2. Police announced Tuesday the arrest of 25-year-old Christian Isaiah Davis in Uniontown, Pa., which is ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - In the fight against the expansion of the Monarch Hill Landfill, Coconut Creek city leaders are pinning hopes on the county’s new solid waste authority and its master plan. They have implored the Broward County commission to wait on the authority’s regional solid waste ...