CORAL SPRINGS, FL – As the monkeypox outbreak continues to spread worldwide, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County opened Tuesday new appointments to get the smallpox/monkeypox vaccine locally.

The state health department said the virus is of low risk to the general public, but for the group most at-risk — gay and bisexual men — there are ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – If Coral Springs wants to create a bustling downtown, then more retail shops should be built at the three proposed developments on University Drive and Sample Road, a group of city business leaders said last week.

In discussing plans for redeveloping the downtown, some members of the city’s Economic Development Advisory Committee urged city planners to ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents sent an alert to Coral Springs police earlier this month: a city resident was going to be getting a delivery at home for 101 metal cards that looked like American Express cards.

And so, city police conducted last week surveillance on Matthew Hall, 27, a hotel worker who was supposed to get the package, a police report ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs property owners would pay less in taxes to Broward County School Board under a proposal being considered in the coming fiscal year.

The school board – which accounts for 32 percent (the largest chunk) of a Coral Springs property owner’s tax bill – is proposing to reduce the millage rate from 6.4621 in the current fiscal year to 6.1383 ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – For seven years, a Coral Springs lawyer and a former college professor worked through emails, phone calls, and occasional meetings to weave together the history of Parkland.

Ken Cutler and Frank Cavaioli unearthed stories about land deals, sensational crimes, walking catfish, and much more in their new book: "A History of Parkland, ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Plans to build a parking lot over a former municipal dump are moving forward in Coral Springs.

The city’s planning and zoning staff recommends approving special zoning needed to convert a vacant 16-acres property, designated as a “brownfield site,” into a 424-space parking lot for the long-term storage of trucks and trailers in a corner of Coral ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Earlier this year, Carol Johnson saw something on Facebook where residents in a community went to a place and dropped off their unwanted plants or picked up someone’s unwanted plants.

The volunteer at Garden Club of Coral Springs thought: Why not do that in Coral Springs, too?

So she pitched the idea to the garden club.

And now it’s a ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs is building a new kennel facility for the city’s five police K-9 dogs.

Budgeted at $640,000, the facility will be built next to the police training center in the Coral Springs corporate park.

The facility will improve conditions for the dogs when they aren’t in use and are cooped up in officers’ police cars, said Lynne Martzall, the ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Restaurants are constantly opening and closing in Coral Springs.

Here are two new eateries that opened up in recent weeks.

- That's A Wrap Sandwich Co. has opened at Coral Square Mall at 9409 West Atlantic Boulevard.

It offers salads, sandwiches, and paninis as well as juices, smoothies and more.

The restaurant also has a location in Fort Lauderdale and ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – This summer, Rabbi Avraham Friedman has been buying kosher products at a new store in Coral Springs.

The executive director of Chabad of Coral Springs has become a regular shopper at Nutrition Smart at 5651 Coral Ridge Drive.

“It’s a very nice store. It’s clean, fresh, and has great prices,” Rabbi Friedman said.

Since opening in ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Two new basketball courts across from Cypress Park in Coral Springs have opened.

The courts were built at Cypress Hammock Park next to Cypress Water Park after city commissioners and administrators decided in 2020 to convert basketball courts at Cypress Park into pickleball courts as a result of nearby neighbors complaining about fighting, cursing, drug use, and noise ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – When Melisa Wicker arrived in Miami as a refugee in 1999, the 19-year-old walked out of an airport with only two suitcases and $200 in her pocket.

But the future general manager of Coral Square Mall in Coral Springs was determined to find the American dream after surviving the Bosnian War in the mid-1990s and growing up in Germany.

After settling in Orlando and ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – When Hispanic families choose what part of Coral Springs to live in, an increasing number of them are moving to communities in the south part of the city.

Erick Dominguez, Jr. knows this well.

The owner of El Cubano Sandwich Shop – down the street from J.P. Taravella High School, where 34 percent of students are Hispanic – recently opened his restaurant ...