Coconut Creek News
By JASON PERLOW
May 8, 2024
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Addiction Bistro, in the old Ramblewood Plaza in south Coral Springs, offers a unique flair to American comfort and soul food, making it a standout in the local dining scene. Owned by a Haitian family that also operates Addiction Kitchen, a takeout restaurant in Lighthouse ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Repairs were set to begin Wednesday on the sound wall along southbound Sawgrass Expressway, just north of Lyons Road, in Coconut Creek. Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise announced that the repair work will take place daily along the Coco Bay community between 7:30 a.m. and 7 ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A new coffee shop is looking to open in a small strip mall in Coconut Creek. Foxtail Coffee Co. is now going through the permitting process with the city of Coconut Creek to open at 6750 State Road 7, according to city officials. Founded in 2016 in Winter Park, the chain ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - After this article was published on Tuesday, the city of Coconut Creek announced that the country meeting was postponed until later in the summer. They’re on opposite sides of the Monarch Hill Landfill expansion, and they are circling the virtual ring, prepping for decision ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – When they opened Tarrazu Coffee Co. in Coconut Creek, Gabriela and Jeff Marder had a plan for growing their business. “We were going to treat everyone who came in as a family member,” Gabriela said. “We wanted to get to know them and what they liked to drink and eat.” It ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A six-year-old girl was killed in a car crash on Sample Road in Coral Springs on Sunday after her SUV was hit by another car fleeing from police, police said Monday. The crash happened after a 2023 White Mercedes sped off from a police officer who was trying to stop the car ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek Police Chief Albert “Butch” Arenal notified city leaders on Monday that he’s retiring -- just days before the City Commission had considered a special meeting to discuss an external investigation that painted a damning portrait of his police department. City ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek Elementary School took third place in the county-wide contest sponsored by the Miami Heat to see which schools could reduce the most energy and water use. The Heat has run the “How Low Can You Go?” challenge with Broward County Public Schools for 11 years ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – On a recent Saturday, two men with extensive criminal histories allegedly shoplifted more than $1,400 worth of food and other items from a Publix store in southern Coconut Creek, according to two police reports. Neither of them got far from the store at 4849 Coconut Creek ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A Coral Springs man was arrested after he allegedly pointed a gun at a couple during a road rage incident on Coral Ridge Drive, a police report said. The couple was leaving the Walgreens parking lot in their vehicle at the intersection of Sample Road and Coral Ridge Drive on ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – In a busy shopping center on State Road 7 in Coconut Creek, a small family-owned restaurant served Cantonese, Szechuan, Hunan, and Chinese dishes. Lily Garden Chinese Restaurant also had a following for its gluten-free dishes. This week, the restaurant announced on ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - In the wake of an external investigation that detailed a Coconut Creek Police Department with a “toxic” work environment and morale at an all-time low, the city’s police chief, Albert “Butch” Arenal, apologized for using offensive language. After an anonymous employee survey ...
MARGATE - For years, Yolys Madera suffered from degenerative arthritis. She basically couldn’t walk because of the pain in both knees. After avoiding it for so long, her doctor finally convinced her it was time for knee replacement surgery. Her search for a surgeon began. She went to one, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - This Sunday, Coconut Creek will burst with the vibrant spirit of Cinco de Mayo, as many local restaurants make it a day to remember. Cinco de Mayo – which translates to "fifth of May" in Spanish, and commemorates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek city leaders are mulling their next steps after a scathing external investigation found a police department with morale at an all-time low and questionable leadership. For now, city officials said they aren’t ready to decide whether police Chief Albert “Butch” ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Many burger joints, from gourmet to classic American, offer unique twists on this beloved working-class food staple in our city, and it’s nearly impossible to list them all. Here are our top picks for burgers in the Coconut Creek area: FISH JOINT (4570 Lyons Road in Coconut ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor will share his story and passion for music as a force for peace and tolerance during an event on May 16 in Coconut Creek. Saul Dreier, a resident of Wynmoor in Coconut Creek for 35 years, is the founder of the Holocaust Survivors Band. He ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A Monarch High School student in Coconut Creek slapped a school employee who caught her smoking an e-cigarette in the girls' bathroom, according to a police report. The 14-year-old student did it in front of two Coconut Creek police officers on their way to help, the report ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A new external investigation into the Coconut Creek police found a department with morale at an all-time low, and a hostile and retaliatory workplace with employees that have little to no trust in the command staff, including police Chief Albert “Butch” Arenal. A scathing ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The 15-year-old recently stabbed to death in Coconut Creek was a “beautiful child full of life.” That’s the way Iury Desena’s mother described her son who died Friday, close to a week after he was stabbed at Winston Park Nature Center at 5201 NW 49 Avenue. In a post on ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The sometimes-scary news on world affairs hit home in Coconut Creek when a woman called in a bomb threat to the Islamic Learning Center located in a shopping center in the northern part of the city. Coconut Creek police responded to a call on April 16 at about 10:30 a.m. from ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The chicken madness continues on the Coconut Creek City Commission. This time, though, the debate at last week’s commission meeting – in which talk turned to marching chickens out in “handcuffs” – ended with city elected leaders clarifying their positions on how many ...
PARKLAND, FL – For obstetric and gynecological care, women in Coconut Creek now have the option of HCA Florida Northwest Hospital physicians in the community. The medical staff is providing the most advanced care for women in northwest Broward County out of the HCA Florida Institute for Women's ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs police have identified the man killed in a domestic-related shooting on Friday in an apartment complex. Police found Stephen Austin, 48, shot dead in an apartment in Windsor Coral Springs in the area of 6200 Wiles Road. The shooter, who is male, was ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The teenager stabbed last weekend in a Coconut Creek preserve has died, police confirmed Sunday. The 15-year-old was flown to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale after getting stabbed on April 20 in the area of Winston Park and Nature Trial, just off Lyons Road ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The Coconut Creek Police Department collected 214 pounds of unused prescription medications on Saturday during the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s national program to collect unused prescription drugs. The city’s police announced on social media that 65 cars came through the ...