Coconut Creek News
By LUIS F. PEREZ
May 23, 2024
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The Monarch High School principal, assistant principal, and coach -- whose removal caused a national stir last fall after they were accused of allowing a transgender athlete to play girls volleyball -- are back at work. On Wednesday, the Monarch High PTA posted a welcome ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police tracked down a man who allegedly pointed a handgun last week in a road-rage incident on Wiles Road, according to a police report. But officers didn’t bring charges against the man. It all started after one driver swerved on May 15 to miss a black ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek elected leaders this week will get to see what an expanded Oak Trails Park may look like after a planned $2.5 million expansion at the park on the city's north end. Consultants the city hired, Miller Legg and Associates, are scheduled to present an update at the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Women’s Club of Coconut Creek announced this year’s scholarship winners during a ceremony Monday held at the Coconut Creek Recreation Complex. The 13 winners — all graduating seniors and residents of Coconut Creek — each received between $1,000 to $2,000 towards their ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Jamaican restaurant chain, known for patties, soup, and fried chicken, is looking to open in Coral Springs. Juici Patties is planning to open in the former location of Pizza Brew at 8075 Sample Road in the Riverside Plaza, according to a sign on the door. According to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Taco Tuesday in northwest Broward County offers a diverse range of flavors to celebrate. With more than 20 restaurants in Coconut Creek and Coral Springs serving tacos, listing them all is impossible. Here are our consistent favorites: Papamigos: Where Tex-Mex Meets ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL - Come next year, Coconut Creek residents looking for deals will have to go somewhere other than the Festival Marketplace. The marketplace is closing its doors at 2900 West Sample Road in Pompano Beach. A marketplace employee in the leasing office confirmed on Monday to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Bru's Room Sports Grill in Coconut Creek has shut down. The restaurant chain – a once popular destination for sports fans and families and known for its flame-grilled wings – has been closing its locations in recent months. The chain’s Coral Springs location closed in ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police are investigating a fight between construction workers at SOS Children’s Villages Florida, according to a police bulletin released last week and an official in the community. The incident involving the victim, identified as a 39-year-old man, happened on ...
MARGATE, FL – The former Best Buy store in Margate is going to be converted into a Best Buy Outlet store. Work crews this week put up signs announcing the new store at 3300 NW 62 Avenue in the Coral Landings III shopping center, just south of Coral Springs. It’s not clear when the new outlet ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Students from Monarch High School in Coconut Creek were recognized after getting high scores in a robotics championship. The students put their STEM skills to the test as they took on 135 teams from across the country at the JROTC National Championship at VEX World in Dallas, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The heat is on in Coconut Creek, and residents should take precautions against heat-related health impacts, according to experts. For the next several days, the National Weather Service predicts high temperatures in the low to mid 90s. On Saturday, the heat index could go ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A bomb threat prompted an evacuation at Coconut Creek High School this week, according to a police report. It happened on the morning of May 10 after a school receptionist received a call from an unknown number. Initially, the caller hung up, but a few minutes later, ...
UNINCORPORATED BROWARD COUNTY, FL - It’s one of the highest points in Broward County. From the top, the view includes the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek to the west. Just to the northwest, the cranes building the Cornerstone development in Coral Springs come into view. The Atlantic Ocean ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - After postponing a decision on the latest block of homes in the MainStreet at Coconut Creek development, the City Commission last week approved moving forward on them. Members of the commission had questioned the developer about the size of the units, fencing fronting Lyons ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The Coconut Creek Youth Theater is putting on a performance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr., which is the culmination of its months-long program to teach youth all aspects of theater production. The free show starts at 12:15 p.m. June 1 at the Coconut Creek Recreation ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Church bells will soon be ringing on Riverside Drive in Coral Springs. On Wednesday, a long-awaited, 25-foot-tall bell tower was installed in front of Episcopal Church of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Martin. “It’s been our dream to have these bells up for a long time,” ...
PARKLAND, FL - Broward County Public Schools has announced the winners of this year’s prestigious National Merit Scholarships -- including a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Arya Gujarathi is among the seven graduating high school seniors awarded $2,500 from the National Merit ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - An 86-year-old Coconut Creek woman has died following a crash in Deerfield Beach last month. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Eva Florian was driving through a parking lot in the 3700 block of West Hillsboro Boulevard on April 24 when she lost control of her black ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek is holding its annual Juneteenth celebration with a free concert, celebrating African American culture and heritage, and freedom, according to city officials. The Valerie Tyson Band, a classic soul and R&B group, will be the featured performer. The ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - In the wake of the Coconut Creek police chief’s retirement announcement last week, Fred Hofer, deputy chief of police, will lead the department as interim police chief. City Manager Sheila Rose made the announcement at Thursday’s city commission. “I’m planning to appoint ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Decades before she became branch manager of Flagstar bank in Coral Springs, Donna Denton wanted to be a nurse. The young, Jamaican-born office administrator had just moved to Boca Raton from New York and searched for a career to make a difference in the world. “I was ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police found a dead cat under a Mercedes-Benz after someone left a note on the car indicating there was a deceased animal there, according to a police report. On May 1, a woman, out for a morning walk with her dog, noticed the cat, and the note on the front ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 31-year-old woman involved in a two-car crash in Coconut Creek last week was arrested for alleged drunken driving, a police report said. As police investigated the crash in the area of 4600 block of Copans Road on May 5, just after 6 a.m., Kiara Restreporobles, the driver ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Construction crews have started clearing the ground to build a new grocery store, drive-through coffee shop, and self-storage facility in the southern part of Coconut Creek. According to initial plans, Strada CC Development LLC will be constructing Sprouts Farmers Market ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Come November, Coconut Creek voters will get to decide if they want to elect their mayor. Right now, the five members of the city commission decide who’s the mayor each year among the group. To accomplish the change in the city charter, however, the city will cancel the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Eighty graduating Coconut Creek High School seniors received a scholarship this week from the Seminole Coconut Creek Education Foundation. Forty graduating seniors with the highest weighted grade point averages as well as 40 with the greatest number of service hours were ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A student and teacher at Coconut Creek schools are being honored by the Broward County Schools District for their character. The 24th annual Kids and Staff Characters Awards, which takes place on May 15, honors 50 students and 20 BCPS staff members for being outstanding ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – In a Walmart parking lot in Coral Springs this week, a 24-year-old man allegedly tried to strangle his girlfriend, a police report said. After she was able to flee from him, she walked more than two miles across Coral Springs to get to her family and call police. According ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Todd Storti started as the new Broward waste authority executive director two weeks ago and is just getting familiar with the landscape. He’s stepping into that role as an epic battle, between Waste Management and Coconut Creek and others, rages over the proposed expansion ...