Coral Springs Top Stories
By LUIS F. PEREZ
March 17, 2026
COCONUT CREEK, FL — A new Abbott’s Frozen Custard is getting ready to open soon in Coconut Creek, company officials announced on social media. The new location for the frozen treat eatery will be in the Publix Plaza at 6562 N State Road 7 in Coconut Creek, according to the company’s website. It’s ...
POMPANO BEACH — A 55-year-old man identified by authorities as a 15-time convicted felon" was arrested Monday morning after allegedly attempting to sell crack cocaine to an undercover detective in a Pompano-area McDonald’s parking lot.Terry Lee Page, of Deerfield Beach, faces a battery of felony ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A community fundraising initiative has been set up to help pay for the funeral expenses and related costs after the recent unexpected death of a Coral Glades High School sophomore.Remy Joseph died unexpectedly on March 7, according to a GoFundMe created for his family. (Donate ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A stretch of University Drive in Coral Springs was closed Tuesday afternoon following a crash involving a pickup truck and a 71-year-old male, police said.Northbound lanes of University Drive were shut down just north of NW 20th Street near Royal Palm Boulevard shortly after ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL —Coral Springs’ annual celebration of all things in the natural world is coming up, and it’ll include a plant giveaway to make the occasion. The city will host its annual Earthfest Celebration from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, at the Sawgrass Nature Center & ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL - Renovations are scheduled to begin next month at the Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center in West Boca Raton, according to a letter posted on the organization’s website.In the letter, Levis JCC leaders said the project starting on April 1 will “reimagine” the campus ...
BOCA RATON, FL — An 87-year-old West Boca Raton man who was hit by a car last week in the Costco parking lot on Congress Avenue has died, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday. Maurice Kofman died at about 5:15 p.m. Sunday from the injuries sustained in the accident. He was hit ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek City Manager Sheila Rose last week told the city’s elected leaders that MainStreet at Coconut Creek construction will first focus on the needed infrastructure. During Thursday’s city commission meeting, she said that city officials meant with the MainStreet project ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Coral Springs police on Monday released details about the crash that killed a Coral Glades High School senior last week, one of two students whose deaths the school is mourning.The student, Zamshed Chowdhury, was the driver and died following the single-vehicle crash on March 13 ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Generoso's Italian Sandwich Shoppe & Espresso Bar has been open about six months, and people in my Foodies Who Review South Florida discussion group have been raving about it. What kept me away was the price. The Park Slope — rare roast beef, cheddar, horseradish aioli, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs police are investigating a case where a 67-year-old city resident was defrauded out of $118,000, according to a police bulletin. The man reported the crime to police on March 2. He told police that the fraud took place between Sept. 24 and Dec. 15, according to the ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Florida Atlantic University has earned an “A” grade from the Anti-Defamation League on its 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card, reflecting the Boca Raton-based university’s efforts to address antisemitism and support Jewish life on campus, according to university officials.The ADL ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Twenty-three teachers from Boca Raton public schools have been named 2026 Teacher of the Year honorees by the Rotary Club of Boca Raton Sunrise and the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce’s Golden Bell Education Foundation.Now in its 40th year, the Rotary Teacher of the Year program ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A Jewish center in north Coral Springs is launching a new initiative aimed at delivering fresh meals to people facing illness, recovery, or other life challenges.The Chai Center announced last week that it will begin operating a “Kitchen of Kindness” program from a new ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A string of Facebook messages led Coral Springs police to a Parkland home and the arrest of a man accused of violating a court order.The arrest happened Sunday, March 8, after Coral Springs police were called to a condo complex in Coral Springs to investigate a report that a man ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Two students from Coral Glades High School in Coral Springs have died, the school announced Saturday on social media. In a message posted on social media, school officials said the campus had lost two students “tragically before their time.” The students were identified as ...
WEST BOCA RATON — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 29-year-old Boca Raton man last month after he was accused of shooting a duck behind a local school while it was in session.At 2 p.m. on Feb. 23, deputies responded to a call about a man armed with a rifle behind La Petite Academy ...
BOCA RATON, FL- For more than a decade, FemCity Boca-Delray has brought together women across Boca Raton and Delray Beach looking to build professional connections and community.The organization — part of a broader women’s business network with chapters across the United States and Canada — focuses ...
POMPANO BEACH — The sounds of Colonial-era fife and drum echoed along Pompano's beachfront on Saturday morning as a procession of men, dressed in the uniforms of Revolutionary War soldiers, paraded onto the Fisher Family Pier. The group, joined by a throng of more than 300 residents, curious ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The reopening of Pride Promoters Park in Coral Springs has been pushed back to April after delays installing the park’s new asphalt basketball court, city officials said.The park, located at 4391 Riverside Drive, had been expected to reopen in February while undergoing a series ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A South African reality TV couple is accused of scamming a Boca Raton grocery store out of more than $5,000 by repeatedly manipulating self-checkout prices, according to police.Petrus Viljoen, 47, and Melany Viljoen, 39 — who appeared on “The Real Housewives of Pretoria” and “The ...
BOCA RATON, Fla. — A razor-thin Boca Raton mayor’s race finally ended late Friday afternoon with Andy Thomson winning the race following a manual recount conducted on Friday by the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections.He won with 7,572 and political newcomer Mike Liebelson got 7,567 votes, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Police recently arrested a machete-wielding Coconut Creek man who was out on bond for a theft arrest after he got into an argument over parking lot construction work, according to an arrest report. At around 7 p.m. on March 6, Ryan Sankar Narain, 38, got into a verbal ...
POMPANO BEACH — A Pompano man faces a larceny charge of Grand Theft Auto in a bizarre incident involving a Lyft driver, his now-wrecked vehicle, and the initial pickup location - a tony, oceanfront address on the Hillsboro Mile.According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's arrest report filed on March ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs police recently arrested a 26-year-old man who is on probation after he fired a handgun in an apartment while arguing with the mother of their child as she held their daughter. At around 9:25 a.m. on March 8, police arrived at the apartment where the mother told ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Families in Coral Springs can splash into the spring break season as Cypress Water Park opens for recreational swimming and play just as students get a week off of school.The pool opens Saturday, March 14, ahead of Broward County Public Schools’ Spring Break, which runs from ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A 48-year-old man was arrested after authorities say he attacked a teenage boy during an early-morning altercation at a West Boca Raton home.Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence around 4:45 a.m. on March 8 to investigate a reported ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — As state lawmakers work on new laws to regulate e-bikes and e-scooters and municipalities across the state institute programs to stem the tide of accidents involving these vehicles, Coconut Creek is tackling the issue at the school level. Coconut Creek police recently began ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton officials announced a major leadership shake-up Thursday, with the departure of the city’s police chief and two deputy city managers as part of what the city described as a restructuring of its executive team.Police Chief Michele Miuccio, who served the Boca Raton Police ...
CORAL SPRINGS – A Fort Lauderdale man with a history of theft convictions was arrested after detectives linked him to multiple retail thefts across Broward County, including a recent case at a Coral Springs Target.Antoine Griffin, 39, stole a Ninja coffee maker and bedding valued at over $1,000 ...