Coral Springs Top Stories
By LEON FOOKSMAN
August 8, 2024
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Brave Kids Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care center officially opened to the public this week in Coral Springs. During a ribbon-cutting ceremony organized by Coral Springs Coconut Creek Regional Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, dozens of business owners and community leaders ...
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Tacocraft Coral Springs is not your typical taco joint. This new addition to the local dining scene promises a unique food and drink experience that rivals the offerings of downtown Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale or Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. Designed by restaurateur ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Coral Springs students starting school next week will head back to the classroom with their wireless devices powered off or in airplane mode. That’s a new Broward County school district policy that goes into effect with the start of the new school year. Students will be ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Visitors to Tarrazu Coffee Co., located at 4863 Coconut Creek Parkway, are greeted by the aroma of freshly roasted coffee beans. Owned by Coconut Creek residents Gabriela and Jeff Marder, this new café brings the rich flavors of Costa Rica to South Florida, offering a unique ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Coral Springs students return to the classroom next Monday to start the new school year. The first day of school, Aug. 12, is one week earlier than in the past. School employees are already back at work this week, getting ready. Families can take advantage of the Florida ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek interim police Chief Fred Hofer is scheduled to be sworn in as the permanent top cop in the city at Thursday’s regular commission meeting. City Manager Sheila Rose appointed him to take over the post on a temporary basis after the previous chief Albert “Butch” ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Dee Bolsom still remembers the day she started working at Coral Springs Diner. That was nearly 30 years ago. Although the 67-year-old Boca Raton resident retired about a year and a half ago, she continues to work at the diner around 30 to 40 hours a week. “The price of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs is considering creating two new tow-away zones to prevent cars and commercial vehicles from parking there. If approved, the zones would be at 200 University Drive as well as the alley on the north side of the 8000 block of Sample Road, according to a city ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police arrested a 33-year-old man for having sex with an underage girl in his car in the parking lot of her apartment complex. On July 24, police arrested Victor Torres of Tamarac, who worked with the 17-year-old girl, charging him with eight counts of sexual ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – When a police officer stopped an 18-year-old for a traffic violation in Coral Springs, the officer smelled marijuana in the car and asked the young man if he had drugs, a police report said. “No, I just have a few grams in my pocket,” Kendrick Fobbs, of Fort Lauderdale, told ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs officials are looking to hire a contractor to construct a “multi-generational” community center on the city’s south-end. City commissioners are planning to consider on Wednesday hiring DiPompeo Construction Corp. of Pompano Beach for $3.4 million to rebuild the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police are investigating a road rage incident at a Shell gas station with a 37-year-old man as a victim of aggravated battery. The incident happened between 11:52 and 11:54 a.m. on July 28, according to police. More details about the incident were not ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs gardeners are urged to participate in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census later this month. This marks the first time Florida is participating in the count, and Satya Rudin, a master gardener at Coral Springs Community Garden, wants to ensure every pollinator ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – To fight crime these days, even police dogs need armor. Coral Springs police this week announced that four of its K9 dogs are getting bullet and stab protective vests, thanks to a donation from nonprofit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. The department has five ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – An 18-year-old was arrested last weekend for allegedly driving 51-miles-per-hour over the speed limit on a Coral Springs residential street, a police report said. A Coral Springs police officer pulled over a Toyota Rav4 driven by Kimoni Coleman Bryant of Pompano Beach for ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The fourth employee at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek to face sanctions for allowing a transgender athlete to play girls’ volleyball was suspended for 10 days, the Broward County school board decided this week. In this case, it was the athlete’s mother, Jessica Norton, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - The Rotary Club of Coral Springs is set to host its 30th annual golf tournament on Oct. 4 that will bring together golf enthusiasts for two causes. All are welcome to take part in the event at Deer Creek Golf Club at 2801 Deer Creek Country Club Boulevard in Deerfield ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Developers of the massive Main Street at Coconut Creek development have obtained about 50 percent of the approvals needed to move forward with plans to build on nearly 200 vacant acres. So far, city leaders have mostly green-lighted about 10 out of 20 approvals the developers ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The NY Pizza Place is the newest pizza establishment in the Coral Springs/Parkland area. And on Tuesdays, the restaurant has already carved out a niche for its specials: 20-inch specialty pizzas for only $20. It’s a steal, especially when you consider the high-quality and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – An artist is putting the finishing touches on a new mural at Coral Springs Center for the Arts. Artist Vito Di Bari has been painting “TRAILS of Expression” on the backside of the building facing Coral Springs Drive since early June. The 6,070-square-foot mural -- ...
MARGATE - About five and half months into her pregnancy, Elizabeth Boyd went to work. She didn’t feel right. So, Boyd, 29, went with her fiancé, Tyrell Lockett, 38, to get checked out. A nurse told her she could feel the baby’s foot coming out. She was only 22 weeks along in her pregnancy.
PARKLAND, FL – A driver is recovering after his car plunged into a canal off Loxahatchee Road in Parkland on Sunday evening, authorities said. Firefighters from Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department and deputies from Broward Sheriff’s Office responded around 8 p.m. to a vehicle that crashed ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Coral Springs is hosting its first-ever neighborhood scavenger hunt intended to bring communities closer together. City officials announced Monday that those interested in participating can join forces with their neighbors to be part of the city’s Sunny Seekers Scavenger ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – In January, two young men allegedly had sex with a 12-year-old girl in her Coral Springs home while her parents were away, a police report said. Then, earlier this month, they allegedly had sex with the girl again, this time when she was 13-year-old, the report said. Coral ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Just after 11 p.m. on a recent Friday, a homeless man tried to break into a home in Coral Springs, injuring a resident who forcefully pushed him away from her front door, a police report said. Police quickly responded on July 19 and arrested Madiou Toure, 22, in the 4100 ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A new coffee café is planning to open at Coral Square Mall in Coral Springs, taking over the space vacated by Starbucks months ago. The mall’s management announced Friday that Gregorys Coffee will be opening soon, close to the mall’s food court. It’s a national chain of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A new state school grades report released this week showed that eight public schools in Coral Springs improved their grades this year. The Florida Department of Education’s release of the 2024 grades showed that out of 24 public schools and charter schools serving Coral ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - While you’d never realize that one of the best sandwich shops in Coral Springs is hidden inside a Grab’n Go convenience store on the far end of West Sample Road, Don Lucho's Cafe has been assembling top subs since the summer of 2019. This unique establishment offers a ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A brouhaha at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Coconut Creek Parkway last week involved a flying sandwich, airborne hot coffee, a bucket of rags and a broomstick-wielding employee, according to a police report. It all started with a confrontation between a 27-year-old female Dunkin’ ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - For the first time in more than a decade, Broward County Public Schools has received an “A” rating for the performance of students in its schools. The school district, which maintained an A-rating consistently in the early 2000s, dropped to a B-rating in 2012. However, ...