Coconut Creek Top Stories
By ZAHRA HUBER
August 13, 2024
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Broward County school administrators reported discovering vape pens discarded in the bushes outside schools on Monday, indicating that students were emptying their pockets while waiting in long line for the newly installed metal detectors. "I guess that’s one of the good ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police shut down a portion of Lyons Road on Tuesday after a car and a Broward County Transit bus collided. It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were injured in the crash just outside the Lyons Road entrance into the Wynmoor community. Police closed off ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - On the first day of school on Monday, long lines snaked around the entrances to local public high schools as students waited in the morning heat to pass through new metal detectors. At many schools, dozens of students remained outside as first period began inside. In ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The Big Lots store in Coconut Creek is closing its doors as part of the company’s nationwide effort to improve its financial position, according to SEC filings. The home discount retailer had announced that it planned to close 150 stores, but that number jumped to 315 as a ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police are investigating a 67-year-old woman’s claim that she fell victim to a cryptocurrency scam that cost her nearly $11,000. She reported the loss to the police on July 30, telling them that she was out $10,782 in a Bitcoin scam, according to a police ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Have thoughts about Taco Bell building a restaurant in the El Dorado shopping plaza in Coconut Creek? You can offer your opinions this week at a community meeting during which plans will be discussed to build a drive-through restaurant at 6061 Lyons Road on the northern edge ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Last month at a City Commission meeting, most of Coconut Creek’s elected leaders said they adamantly oppose any tax rate hike. At this week's budget workshop, though, they agreed to support an increase in city taxes to fund public safety projects. They’ll vote on the city ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek city leaders take their trees seriously. So much so, they long ago passed local laws to maintain the city’s tree canopy. At Thursday’s City Commission meeting, they learned during a presentation about revising a grant program to help homeowners’ associations ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek had two dog-bite incidents involving pit bulls and a German Shephard last week that resulted in minor injuries. At around 3:30 p.m. Friday, Coconut Creek police responded to an incident where two pit bulls slipped out of their collars as a woman tried to hang ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek students starting school next week will head back to the classroom with their wireless devices powered off or in airplane mode. That’s a new Broward County school district policy that goes into effect with the start of the new school year. Students will be ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek leaders plan this week to take up revisions to the city’s tree canopy replacement grant program -- a controversial issue since local laws require homeowners associations to replace fallen trees. Representatives from different associations have asked city leaders ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Visitors to Tarrazu Coffee Co., located at 4863 Coconut Creek Parkway, are greeted by the aroma of freshly roasted coffee beans. Owned by Coconut Creek residents Gabriela and Jeff Marder, this new café brings the rich flavors of Costa Rica to South Florida, offering a unique ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Dee Bolsom still remembers the day she started working at Coral Springs Diner. That was nearly 30 years ago. Although the 67-year-old Boca Raton resident retired about a year and a half ago, she continues to work at the diner around 30 to 40 hours a week. “The price of ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek students return to the classroom next Monday to start the new school year. The first day of school, Aug. 12, is one week earlier than in the past. School employees are already back at work this week, getting ready. Families can take advantage of the Florida ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek interim police Chief Fred Hofer is scheduled to be sworn in as the permanent top cop in the city at Thursday’s regular commission meeting. City Manager Sheila Rose appointed him to take over the post on a temporary basis after the previous chief Albert “Butch” ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Long-time Coconut Creek resident Jill Finkelstein was training for the New York City Marathon when she tore her meniscus in her right knee. It happened last summer in a freak sort of slip on her way to a speed training session at a local running track. She was shimmying ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The Seminole Coconut Creek Education Foundation is offering free preparatory classes for the SAT, ACT, and PSAT for high school students in Coconut Creek. Starting on August 17, the classes will be at Coconut Creek Recreation Center. The program includes an orientation, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police arrested a 33-year-old man for having sex with an underage girl in his car in the parking lot of her apartment complex. On July 24, police arrested Victor Torres of Tamarac, who worked with the 17-year-old girl, charging him with eight counts of sexual ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coconut Creek gardeners are urged to participate in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census later this month. This marks the first time Florida is participating in the count, and Satya Rudin, a master gardener at Coral Springs Community Garden, wants to ensure every pollinator ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police issued an alert Friday regarding scammers calling local residents pretending to be one of the city’s police sergeants on staff. “They’re asking for personal information,” said Scott Leamon, a police spokesperson. “We, of course, would never call and ask ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police are investigating a road rage incident at a Shell gas station with a 37-year-old man as a victim of aggravated battery. The incident happened between 11:52 and 11:54 a.m. on July 28, according to police. More details about the incident were not ...
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 ...