Coconut Creek News
By LUIS F. PEREZ
June 6, 2024
COCONUT CREEK, FL - It’s a hulking industrial building next to Coconut Creek that’s about to come down with a history that’s connected to today’s ongoing struggle over the future of Broward County’s garbage disposal. The Wheelabrator North plant at 2600 Wiles Road once took garbage from Broward ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - After months of investigating, a Coconut Creek woman has been charged with vehicular homicide, along with other charges, following a deadly hit-and-run that took place in January next to the Promenade in Coconut Creek. Tatiana Cruz, 21, was turning onto Lyons Road from Wiles ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A Coconut Creek resident was recently scammed out of hundreds of dollars, and now the city’s police department is reminding residents to “see before you send” to avoid scams. It happened earlier this week when the resident tried to buy a car over Facebook Messenger. The ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - It’s all going to happen at around 10 a.m. on Friday: Some loud booms will fill the air, according to Coconut Creek police. Nearby residents could then see a plume of smoke rising, wafting away. Under the wall of sound and smoke will lie Waste Management’s Wheelabrator ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek is hosting an event Friday for senior citizens and their caregivers. At the Coconut Creek Senior Expo, attendees will have access to a wide range of vendors, including healthcare providers, financial institutions, and community organizations, who will provide ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Forty students graduating from Atlantic Technical High School in Coconut Creek were awarded scholarships during a ceremony on May 23. Board members of The Seminole Coconut Creek Education Foundation, as well as Robert Crawford, Michelle Diffenderfer, and Peta-Gay Lake, ...
PARKLAND, FL - A Mexican restaurant on State Road 7 in Parkland has closed its doors permanently. Blue Agave -- known for its Mexican fare, 50 varieties of tequila, and colorful interior -- announced last weekend that it closed in the Riverstone Shoppes plaza at 7619 State Road 7. "Blue Agave ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek’s next installment of its Poetry in the Park: Nature of Place series runs 12 - 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at Sabal Pines Park in the back pavilion. Laura McDermott Matheric, the city’s poet laureate, will lead the session. The city's urban forester, Sharon ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – One evening last month, a 53-year-old man came in and out of a Walgreens store in Coconut Creek and allegedly stole a bunch of the same item: air dust cans, according to a police report. When police showed up at the store at 4600 Coconut Creek Parkway on May 22, officers ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A new Vietnamese/Thai restaurant and bar is planning to open in The Walk of Coral Springs. Veranda Kitchen & Bar will open in the former location of the Yellow Yolk restaurant at 2864 University Drive, said Gillian Johnson, of Amera, which operates The Walk of Coral ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Crews will soon be setting dynamite in the aging building that sits next to the Monarch Hill Landfill on what’s probably one of the most controversial plots of land in Broward County. The implosion is set for 10 a.m. on June 7 to demolish the former waste-to-energy plant ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police are investigating the death of a 56-year-old man who was found in the woods behind the Publix plaza on the southwest corner of Hillsboro Boulevard and Lyons Road. The man was found on May 25 around 4:30 p.m., according to a police bulletin. Police ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Cali Coffee has been approved for construction at Hillsboro Marketplace on Hillsboro Boulevard in Coconut Creek. A spokeswoman for the city of Coconut Creek said construction of the growing drive-thru coffee franchise at 4559 W. Hillsboro Boulevard is expected to be ...
PARKLAND, FL - The demolition of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building will begin just days after the last day of school on June 10, Broward County school officials announced on Thursday. The process to bring down the site of the mass shooting on Feb. 14, 2018 is expected to take ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Since Margate’s elected leaders voted last year to raise its residents' water and sewer rates by 25 percent, South Creek homeowners are on the hook for that as well — plus the 25 percent surcharge they already pay. That doesn’t sit well with Jorge Mederos, who lives in South ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek’s annual free Hot Rods and Hot Dogs Car Show is back. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 2 pm. June 29 in the Butterfly Lot, 5280 NW 40th Street, just east of the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. City leaders expect hundreds to come out to the free car show that ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - As Coconut Creek students and parents celebrate the end of the school year, city officials are gearing up for the next one with plans to install radars and cameras to detect school zone speeders. Coconut Creek City Commission passed a measure last week that will allow the ...
MARGATE – David Sherman and Josh Krone both love dogs, so much so that they started a business to redefine dog training. The new owners of Zoom Room Coral Springs said they offer an innovative approach to training dogs, including puppies, in obedience and agility. Their classes are intended ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Dozens of family members and friends came out last week to honor Coconut Creek students and a teacher for doing good deeds in the community. As part of Coconut Creek’s Do The Right Thing program run by the city’s police department, city leaders recognized one teacher and ...
PARKLAND, FL – Investigators were trying to determine Tuesday what caused a golf cart crash in Parkland on Memorial Day that sent three youths to a local hospital. At around 12 p.m. on Monday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5900 block of Hillsboro Boulevard, next to BJ's Wholesale ...
PARKLAND, FL – Parkland historian and attorney Ken Cutler recounts the battle over a proposal to build a landfill next to Parkland in the 1980s. Bobbi Pugliese, a former Parkland Commissioner (who also served as Vice Mayor for a time), recently reminded me of one of the many battles Parkland ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Dozens of people honored Memorial Day in Coconut Creek on Monday at the city’s Veterans Park. The annual ceremony kicked off with the Monarch High School JROTC handling the Presentation of Colors and continued with kindergartners from North Broward Preparatory School, as well ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 40-year-old man allegedly selected five items in a Coconut Creek Walgreens and walked out without paying, a police report said. He then got on his bicycle and pedaled away. Police stopped Quavis Aiken, of Lauderdale Lakes, on Lyons Road on May 15, and arrested him, the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police launched its annual Click It, Or Ticket campaign this week to encourage drivers to wear their seat belts. The effort is part of a national awareness campaign supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The great Coconut Creek chicken debate has come to an end. The result: no chickens unless property owners have at least one acre of land. For Maria Lacson, a South Creek resident who just may have spurred the debate, that means her four chickens that live on her ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – For close to four years, Mr. Beefy’s Subs and More, a popular eatery on Wiles Road in Coral Springs, has served New York and Chicago street food. But on Wednesday, the owner, Tricia Lovett, told TAPinto Coral Springs that she has closed the restaurant and is looking for buyer ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The Coconut Creek police put out a post on social media that most residents will agree with. It starts with: “We hope they’re wrong,” It’s a reference to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)’s annual hurricane predication that came out earlier this ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – At a time when locally roasted specialty coffee is in, a wave of new coffee shops and cafés is coming to Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, and Parkland in the coming months. “People are tired of chains and want to see something different,” said Jeff Marder, who co-owns Tarrazu ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Code enforcement in Coconut Creek’s South Creek neighborhood has been a hot topic as of late at City Hall. Residents have been attending city commission meetings to voice their concerns about how the city codes are enforced in the city’s oldest community. There has been a ...
MARGATE, FL - El Coqui Bakery, recently opened in Margate, is a reflection of Puerto Rico's vibrant and diverse culinary heritage. In a region where Cuban, Colombian, and Venezuelan bakeries and eateries are abundant, discovering a Puerto Rican bakery is a delightful rarity that brings a unique ...