Coral Springs Top Stories
By LEON FOOKSMAN
April 15, 2026
BOCA RATON, FL — In Boca Raton, a playground built by residents and shaped by children’s imaginations is now being recognized nationwide, with Sugar Sand Park’s Science Playground ranked No. 9 among the best public playgrounds in the country by USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Awards.The recognition was ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The long-awaited new auditorium for Coral Glades High School in Coral Springs is expected to start construction this summer.At a workshop in late March, Mark Kaplan, the school’s principal, told city leaders that construction on the project is expected to begin in August, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – As Coral Springs mourns the loss of Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer and prepares to lay her to rest, her family and loved ones are working to ensure her legacy lives on through the creation of a permanent endowment in her name.Metayer’s family and friends have established the Nancy ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek’s city leaders last week took the first step last week in the final approval of a major expansion of Al Hendrickson Toyota.The city commission on Thursday voted to approve zoning changes and the site plan, so the dealership can move forward with a plan to more than ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — When Edmund Capitano became principal of West Boca Raton High School in 2019, it had been years since the school had a winning football team. The West Boca Bulls weren’t mediocre, they were dismal, Capitano recalled, winning just a single game in his first year, and it was ...
POMPANO BEACH — A wrong-way driver caused a fatal head-on collision early Saturday morning on West Sample Road near the Florida’s Turnpike interchange, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.According to traffic homicide investigators, Sult President, 47, of Pompano Beach, was driving a 2006 ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A bench. A breeze. A moment where the world stops asking things of you. For residents of Coral Springs, Cypress Park delivers all of that.The park ranked No. 5 on a national list of the best places to sit alone and decompress, according to a survey released in late March by A ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A business on Wiles Road could soon strip away foam columns, pull down awnings and replace a wall of windows with a new storefront — all with $50,000 from Coral Springs taxpayers.The Coral Springs City Commission meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 9500 W. Sample Road, and ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca-based nonprofit is set to grow its reading program after a new grant aimed at helping students who struggle in school.Roots and Wings received a 2026 grant from the Admirals Cove Foundation to support its Project UpLift program across Palm Beach County, the organization ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A violin lost during the Holocaust and returned to its rightful family nearly eight decades later will be the focus of an upcoming speaker series at the Boca Raton Public Library.Author David Groen will present “Bram’s Violin: A Seventy-Six Year Journey from Auschwitz to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — A machine now does what golfers once had to do between every swing at Broward Golf Center in Coconut Creek, a robot tees up the ball.The Coconut Creek driving range announced on Monday that it has completed a technology upgrade, installing the Power Tee system across its entire ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs pharmacist has had his license suspended following accusations that he modified Publix customer prescriptions to obtain opioid drugs for personal use, according to the Florida Department of Health.Anthony Palumbo, a licensed pharmacist, is the subject of an ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs leaders want to update their plan for how the city grows itself.The Coral Springs City Commission meets Tuesday and is expected to vote on a $218,700 contract with Civic Solutions Partnership, LLC of Austin, Texas to update the city's economic development ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — What started as a $250 Facebook Marketplace deal for a hair dryer ended with a gun in a man's face, $450 in cash gone, and the arrest of a 22-year-old Plantation man.On April 4, at about 12:15 p.m., Anthony James Ackerman pulled a firearm on a buyer at a Shell gas station at ...
BOCA RATON, FL — On the heels of residents overwhelmingly squashing a proposed public-private partnership for downtown at the polls last month, City Manager Mark Sohaney is recommending the creation of a Downtown Civic Engagement Task Force “to facilitate a structured, community-driven process for ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The family of the 26-year-old pool tech who drowned in a pool at a home in Coral Springs last month is speaking out about who he was.Josemanuel Peña, lovingly known by his family as “Josemanuelito”, according to his family, was found unresponsive in a backyard pool on March 30 ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — New roots are going to spread across this Coconut Creek come late April, one tree at a time, just in time for Arbor Day.The city will hold its 26th annual Arbor Day Free Tree Giveaway on Saturday, April 25, the day after Arbor Day, which falls on the last Friday of April each ...
POMPANO BEACH — A local woman’s attempt to snip through retail security with a pair of scissors ended in a felony arrest in recent days after she was caught systematically dismantling anti-theft devices.Jacqueline Denise Bass, 62, was spotted on surveillance at a retail store using the scissors to ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton police arrested a West Palm Beach woman whose child was placed in foster care and charged her with aggravated stalking after making dozens of false reports to authorities and taking to Facebook to accuse the foster mother of kidnapping her son.According to a Boca Raton ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs will hold its first city commission meeting since the death of Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer on Tuesday, but city officials say the discussion of her vacant seat will not begin until after she is laid to rest.The meeting is set for April 14. A Celebration of Life for ...
BOCA RATON FL — In Boca Raton, residents can celebrate their mothers, daughters and friends by mixing scents and leave with a personalized fragrance that they create at a pop-up, one-day Mother’s Day Scent Bar Experience at The Shops at Boca Center.The free event will take place on May 9 from 12 ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek sits at the top of a new list that tracks where people can live in retirement with steady costs and access to daily needs.The report, cited by Yahoo Finance, draws from a study by GOBankingRates that reviewed data on costs, home values, and population age. City ...
POMPANO BEACH — A local manufacturer of CBD products has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reporting more than $1 million in debt.Pure Science Lab, a wellness brand founded more than a decade ago, submitted the petition April 3 in Miami federal court. According to court documents, the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — In February, Corey Collins planned a fundraiser to make money for animal shelters across South Florida — an effort that reflected both his business mission and his connection to Coral Springs, where he had recently relocated his pet businesses.Collins, 47, died March 16 in ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — An 81-year-old Coral Springs woman has died following a two-vehicle collision in Pompano Beach that happened last week, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday. Sheriff’s office traffic homicide detectives are investigating the crash, which occurred at around 12:55 ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A Fort Lauderdale man recently drove a teenage girl to a parking lot on West Sample Road in Coral Springs, then forced himself on her while her friend screamed at him to stop, according to Broward County court records.After an investigation, police arrested Kevin Carl Bien Aime, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — An art gallery that opened up a pop-up art space on the Promenade at Coconut Creek has now closed and is moving, according to its proprietors. The gallery opened last fall in a 1,600-square-foot space with plans to run through the holiday season at the outdoor retail center.
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek Fire Rescue responded to reports of a gas leak Thursday morning at a local Publix Super Market. Employees reported the smell at around 8:30 a.m. inside the store in the Coconut Creek Plaza, which is located at 4849 Coconut Creek Parkway.When fire rescue crews ...
BOCA RATON, FL — With hundreds of commercial driving schools shuttered nationwide and demand for drivers surging, a Boca Raton nonprofit is stepping in to help fill the gap while putting local residents on a path to stable careers.Boca Helping Hands is offering free commercial driver’s license ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A truck fire Thursday at the height of rush hour blocked two right lanes and the right shoulder heading south on the Florida Turnpike near Glades Road in West Boca Raton. Passersby could see flames shooting from the cab of a truck at just after 5:05 p.m.According to the ...