Coral Springs Top Stories
By LUIS F. PEREZ
August 20, 2025
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The Coral Springs City Commission is expected to consider awarding a nearly $10 million contract at its Wednesday meeting to a firm to design upgrades to the city’s water treatment plant. Plans call for a new membrane water treatment plant, which uses semi-permeable membranes to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — After years of fighting to stop the Monarch Hill Landfill from growing larger, the Coconut Creek City Commission on Monday decided to settle its current legal fights with an agreement that prohibits future expansions.The commission voted unanimously to approve a settlement ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL – A new glatt kosher eatery is set to open soon at West Boca Square, filling the space once home to 818 Asian Fusion.Bambu, which already has locations in Boca Raton, North Miami Beach, and Hollywood, will take over the spot at 21659 FL-7, near the Target store. The restaurant ...
BOCA RATON, FL – A chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles left one man dead and two others injured this week in Boca Raton, police said.According to a statement from Boca Raton Police Services Department on Tuesday, the crash happened just before 12:30 p.m. on Monday along the 5800 block of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The Coral Springs City Commission will honor former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School principal, Ty Thompson, at its meeting on Wednesday, recognizing his years of service with Broward County Public Schools.Thompson became principal at Stoneman Douglas in 2012 and was still ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released its annual rankings of nearly 18,000 public high schools across the nation, including 1,169 in Florida, and five in Coral Springs.The rankings evaluate schools on student performance in state-required exams, graduation rates, and ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Before most employees arrive at Monarch Hill Landfill, Jake Gonzalez is already behind the wheel of his truck, driving across the 500-acre site that stretches between Coconut Creek and Deerfield Beach.Each morning, the new senior district manager inspects the landfill for ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Two people were taken to Broward Health North after a crash at Copans Road and NW 42nd Avenue, Coconut Creek police said.The crash, which involved two vehicles, happened at about 2:10 p.m. Monday, according to Coconut Creek police.The eastbound lanes of Copans Road between Lyons ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — City leaders are considering tweaking the local law governing where in Coral Springs registered sex offenders can live in response to more of them seeking to move into the city. The city commission is expected to take up the issue at its regularly scheduled meeting on ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Changes could be coming this week to a Coral Springs ordinance that regulates motorized vehicles on sidewalks and bicycle paths.At its meeting on Wednesday, the Coral Springs City Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing and the first reading of a proposal that would ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The City of Coconut Creek and the Coconut Creek Multicultural Circle will hold the annual ArtsFest on Sept. 13 at the Community Center.The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1100 Lyons Road. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome. Pets are not allowed.ArtsFest will ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A recent late-night domestic disturbance in Coconut Creek turned into a high-speed chase, a crash, and multiple felony charges for a Pompano Beach man after police say he fled in a stolen BMW and ran from the scene.Around 1:28 a.m. on August 7, a caller told police the father of ...
BOCA RATON, FL —Two recent boating emergencies have prompted Boca Raton Fire-Rescue to remind boaters to prioritize safety on the water.Fire officials recently posted videos of the fires on social media. In July, Boca Raton crews responded to an overturned boat with five people in the water. The ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs woman was found burning lottery tickets to keep her hands warm near the air pumps of a gas station and then refused to comply with multiple commands from police.A motorist called police around 8 p.m. on August 7 about someone wearing a blanket lighting paper on ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek city leaders who have fought vociferously for years to try to prevent the Monarch Hill Landfill expansion are now trying to stop its future growth. That’s the gist of the agreement that the Coconut Creek City Commission will consider Monday as they look to settle ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton resident Lorraine Blank has filed a lawsuit to stop the city’s government campus redevelopment project, accusing officials of failing to comply with state law.On Aug. 13, Blank — a member of the city’s Community Advisory Panel & Youth Subcommittee — asked the court ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – When Marilou Raham helped open the Little Trojans Academy on the campus of J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs a decade ago, she knew it would give high school students hands-on experience in early childhood education. What she didn’t know was that 10 years later, some ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The City of Coral Springs has a new director of public works, city officials announced on Friday. Last month, John C. Norris, who has led the public works department in Coral Springs since 2020, became the new public works director in Miami Beach.City Manager Catherine Givens ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A late-night search on a website to find a psilocybin mushroom dealer ended with two 18-year-olds in jail after a traffic stop in Coral Springs turned up the drugs.Front-seat passenger Antonio Whitford, of Pompano Beach, told the driver, Julian Serna, of Coconut Creek, that he ...
BOCA RATON, FL — New tenants and company expansions are fueling growth at Research Park at Florida Atlantic University, pushing occupancy to 80%, officials announced this week. Earlier this month, Malema Engineering Corp. purchased a 26,056-square-foot building for $7.2 million. Malema will work ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The Promenade at Coconut Creek is about to smell a lot better. Lèlior -- a boutique devoted to all-natural, luxury home fragrances -- will officially open its first permanent store on Sunday with a celebration from 1 to 3 p.m.The event will feature a Scent Bar for sampling the ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A person was injured while on a second-story roof in the Isles of Boca, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said on Thursday.First responders from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Station 56 were the first to arrive and climbed to the roof to begin care, according to a county fire ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A Coral Springs woman mourning the loss of her mother recently got into a fight with her husband and then threatened and assaulted police who were called to the scene, according to a police report. Police responded to a domestic disturbance at around 8:40 p.m. on Aug. 4 between ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The $6.1 million in renovations at Coral Springs Elementary School that were part of the Broward County Public Schools SMART Bond initiative recently passed all final inspections, signaling the end of the projects. The school board is scheduled to formally accept the project as ...
BOCA RATON, FL – A man with more than 50 felony charges on his record was arrested in Boca Raton after an alleged flakka- and alcohol-fueled crime spree that ended in the parking lot of a pawn shop.According to a police report, 46-year-old John Tabb was taken into custody on Aug. 8 after officers ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The owners of the two-year-old Osprey Logistics Park in Coral Springs recently refinanced the property, obtaining a $57 million loan. JLL Capital Markets announced this week that it arranged the financing for the industrial park located at 12000 NW 39th Street on behalf of the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek city leaders have scheduled a special meeting next week to consider a settlement agreement in their legal fights with Broward County and Waste Management over the expansion of the Monarch Hill Landfill. The agenda for the special city commission meeting is set for ...
BOCA RATON, FL – Job seekers can connect directly with hiring managers from some of South Florida’s most recognized companies at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) Career Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 26.The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the BRiC Ballroom at 4950 Communication Ave., and will ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Golfers and community members are invited to hit the greens for a good cause at the 38th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, hosted by the Coral Springs-Parkland Rotary Club. The event will take place on Monday, September 29, 2025, with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. at the Parkland ...
BOCA RATON, FL - Florida has a long and inspiring history with the space program – from Apollo 11 launching from Kennedy Space Center to SpaceX launches to the University of Central Florida’s Florida Space Institute, where research was done on everything from radio astronomy to climate and space ...