Coral Springs Top Stories
By LUIS F. PEREZ
March 29, 2026
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs leaders decided at a Thursday workshop to issue a new request for proposals with a different focus to run the city’s soccer programs after a backlash from parents and coaches regarding their initial effort to find a single vendor to manage the youth program. This ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton Mayor-Elect Andy Thomson, who’s set to be sworn into office on Tuesday after winning a contentious race by five votes, faces a slew of challenges as he steps up to lead the city as its top elected official. To name a few:possibility of Boca Raton losing up to $60 million ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek’s elected leaders once again reshuffled their chairs at their annual organizing meeting on Thursday, selecting Jeffrey Wasserman as the city’s new mayor and John Brodie as the new vice mayor. Each year, the city’s five-member governing board selects among ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A 25-year-old Coral Springs man is facing federal charges after authorities say he attempted to arrange a meeting with someone he believed was a 15-year-old boy to produce and sell sexually explicit foot fetish videos, but was instead communicating with an undercover ...
BOCA RATON, FL — The second annual Boca Street Fest in Boca Raton's Mizner Park is Saturday afternoon with thousands of people expected to descend onto downtown. Here's what you need to know about the event, which will have music playing from two stages and vendors lining the plaza from 12 p.m. to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 49-year-old woman is accused of running a prostitution and money laundering operation out of a Coconut Creek apartment.Jacqueline Arias’ operation ran from October 2024 through October 2025 and was based out of a unit at the Vista Verde complex, on West Atlantic Boulevard, ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca Raton man is facing multiple charges after police say he was found unconscious behind the wheel of a vehicle in the middle of Glades Road and later drove off as an officer attempted to assist him.According to a Boca Raton Police Department report, officers were called around ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A woman who recently locked herself out of a second-floor apartment called a friend for help in an incident that resulted in her friend climbing on the roof her car, a man in another apartment calling police and her friend getting arrested. Police charged Brianna Desiree Ascar, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Melt N Dip, a dessert café with locations across the country and Florida, may soon be coming to Coral Springs. But first, city hall has to approve an exception in the number of required parking spaces for a restaurant in the plaza at 2367 N. University Drive in Coral Springs, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A Coral Springs dessert shop is marking a rebrand with a grand opening event this weekend, featuring giveaways and free treats for early customers.Cookie Head, located at 9162 Wiles Road in the Hobby Lobby and Below Five shopping center, will hold its grand opening Saturday at ...
BOCA RATON, FL — The developers who want to build an exclusive eight-story, members-only private club in downtown Boca Raton recently purchased the building 100 N.E. 1st Avenue for $10 million.The transaction by The Sanborn RE, LLC, which purchased the property from Jennifer M. Shea, the trustee of ...
POMPANO BEACH — Parishioners of St. Gabriel Catholic Church broke ground Wednesday on a new, high-profile bell tower to be built in front of their place of worship at 731 N. Ocean Blvd. When finished, the project will help mark the church's 60-year diamond jubilee coming up in 2027, while also ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs police recently arrested a 36-year-old man who assaulted his wife in front of them, then resisted arrest and kicked a police officer as they restrained him.They charged Angel Eduardo Alvarez-Alfaro, of Margate, with battery of a law enforcement officer, battery ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs residents who want to have their children participate in Saturday's Hoppin into Spring Egg Hunt have until Friday to register. Organizers will not accept walk-ups, according to city officials. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. , at Sportsplex Park, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek police recently arrested a 22-year-old man accused of breaking into cars with his younger brother and another teenager in the Legacy Apartment complex. They charged Labrent Corwin Neal, of Pompano Beach, with two counts each of the following: burglary, contributing ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A 19-year-old student pilot from Cranston, Rhode Island, was involved in a ground collision with another aircraft last fall at Boca Raton Airport, according to a recent report from the National Transportation Safety Board .On Oct. 28, the student pilot was operating a Cessna ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton ranked No. 14 in a recent study of smaller U.S. metropolitan areas offering strong job opportunities and high quality of life.The study by CoworkingCafe analyzed 298 cities nationwide with populations under 250,000, scoring them on a 100-point scale. Factors included ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs fire and police crews responded to a crash involving a vehicle and an e-bike Tuesday afternoon that left a teenage rider hospitalized.According to officials, the crash occurred around 4:20 p.m. on March 24 at 5966 Coral Ridge Drive. The rider, a 13-year-old girl, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — While the reopening of Pride Promoters Park in Coral Springs was pushed back until April, city officials recently launched a poll to name the animals in an art installation being installed in the renovated park. Plans call for the park to include a bronze sculpture called Wild ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — After issuing a request for proposals to find a single vendor to run Coral Springs soccer programs, receiving seven responses, ranking the top four and having soccer parents speak out with concerns about possible changes, Coral Springs officials now plan to start over. City ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton police arrested a 21-year-old man on March 17 after they said he was driving nearly 100 mph in a 45 mph zone on Yamato Road.An officer conducting traffic enforcement just before 9 a.m. eastbound on Yamato Road used a laser speed gun and observed a white Infiniti weaving ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — As drivers travel through the areas that slated to become MainStreet at Coconut Creek after crews clear the land for the project, some may wonder what’s replacing the greenery that was covering the tract of land. Part of the MainStreet at Coconut Creek project includes a number ...
BOCA RATON, FL — More than 125 community members and local leaders gathered March 4 for the Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center’s Grabelsky Family Special Night for Special Needs “Dream Builder” Celebration at The Addison.Now in its 15th year, the annual event raises funds for the Levis ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A week before voters cast ballots in the March 10 municipal election, Boca Raton mayoral candidate Mike Liebelson filed a lawsuit in Palm Beach County Circuit Court accusing his opponent, Andy Thomson, and three political groups aligned with Thomson of conspiring to defame him and ...
POMPANO BEACH — Bagels & Co. officially cut the ribbon Tuesday on its newest locations - in Pompano and in Davie - marking a key milestone in the Philadelphia-based chain’s aggressive push into south Florida and the rest of the state.Bagels & Co. in PompanoThe new storefront at 1162 North ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Detectives are working to obtain surveillance footage as they try to identify the suspect or suspects responsible for vandalizing a popular Coral Springs Greek restaurant over the weekend.Hellenic, a recently opened restaurant on West Atlantic Boulevard, had 10 windows ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The Coral Springs City Commission on Wednesday plans to consider using savings from a project to install a fiber optic network across the city to expand the project by making an exception to the city’s normal contracting practice, according to city documents. The commission is ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A 27-year-old Coral Springs woman is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with a fatal drug overdose following last year’s Ultra Music Festival.The Florida Department of Law Enforcement identified the suspect as Charlene Forti, 27, of Coral Springs, who was arrested ...
BOCA RATON, FL — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on Monday marked the anniversary of the killing of Randi Gorenberg, who was at Town Center Mall in Boca Raton just before she died, and asked the public for help in the case.The case dates to March 23, 2007, when Gorenberg left the mall at ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The Promenade at Coconut Creek hosts an Easter egg hunt and spring celebration during an upcoming family-friendly event at the outdoor mall. The Easter Eggstravaganza is set to run from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on April 3 at the Promenade. Easter Sunday is on April 5. The event ...