Coral Springs Top Stories
By LEON FOOKSMAN
June 28, 2024
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Since taking over the Melting Pot in Coral Springs two years ago, Baris Asar and David Lopate have worked to reinvent the iconic restaurant. The two owners renovated the interior, upgraded the food quality, and retrained the staff to focus on what Melting Pot is all about -- ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - An anonymous call recently came in to Coconut Creek police about a foul smell coming from a Wynmoor Village apartment. A Crime Stopper tipster told police that two cats, Mia and Isabela, were living in the Aruba Way apartment by themselves after the owner had passed away — ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – For Coral Springs residents wanting to donate pre-school supplies to underprivileged children for the coming school year, here’s your chance. The employees of the city of Coral Springs are collecting art supplies, books, educational toys, and other classroom essentials for ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police were investigating on Wednesday a body found in a ditch on the side of the road in the 400 block of South Lyons Road. A passerby called police shortly after 4:30 p.m. to report spotting the body, said Scott Leamon, a Coconut Creek police ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The improvements on Copans Road crossing Lyons Road originally were set to be completed this month in Coconut Creek. But now, Broward County officials expect the work to be completed later this summer. “Due to unforeseen utility conflicts, the project scope was changed to ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - What started out as a happy hour meeting for moms with businesses in Coral Springs has grown into a powerful local networking group for women entrepreneurs. Gretchen Behar, a Coral Springs resident and mother of two, founded Mompreneurs two years ago. She had a business, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Scuola Vecchia Pizza E Vino in Coral Springs recently invited TAPinto Coral Springs publisher Leon Fooksman to learn how an authentic Neapolitan-style pizza is prepared. The restaurant uses a specialty oven with imported flour, fresh sauce, and daily-made cheeses. Could ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - In November, Jennifer Montes walked into the El Dorado Furniture store at 5855 Lyons Road in Coconut Creek and purchased thousands of dollars’ worth of items, a police report said. The problem was that Montes, 36, of suburban Boca Raton, was using someone else’s ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 32-year-old school teacher was arrested for driving with a suspended license in Coconut Creek earlier this month, according to a police report. Alethia James, of Pompano Beach, was taken into custody on June 13 after a police officer determined she was driving her Nissan ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs redevelopment officials have approved $98,529 for outdoor enhancements to a new Mexican restaurant planning to open in the Cornerstone development. The public money for Tacocraft was approved on Monday by Coral Springs Community Redevelopment Agency ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – In the past four decades, using one’s own immune system to fight cancer has evolved from discussions and studies among doctors and scientists to practical usage and consideration for a possible cure for a variety of cancers. Now, medical experts across South Florida, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A team in a Coral Springs youth baseball league is having a fundraiser at Wings Plus on Tuesday to raise money as the players head to the state championships in Palmetto, Fla. The Intermediate All-Star team in the Coral Springs American (CSA) Little League won districts and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs is looking to further restrict smoking in city parks. City commissioners this week will consider updating a city ordinance to prohibit smoking within the boundaries of any city park. As of now, city law prohibits smoking in parks, but only on playing fields ...
MARGATE, FL – The new Best Buy Outlet store is opening Friday in Margate, offering markdowns on items that were opened, refurbished, or pre-owned. The store – at 3300 NW 62 Avenue in the Coral Landings III shopping center – will be the first of its kind in South Florida, said Ryan Davis, the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs police conducted an intense search on Friday afternoon in the area of Wiles Road and Riverside Drive, assisted by a Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter in the sky and police dogs on the ground. On Saturday, a police spokesman said three juveniles were charged ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Earlier this month, more than 150 Coconut Creek High School graduating seniors walked from their high school to nearby Coconut Creek Elementary School. The seniors, dressed in their cap and gown, were escorted by Coconut Creek police officers who led the way and stopped ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Uruguayan restaurant popular with South Americans is closed in Coral Springs. Toscana Pizza & Grill – operating at 7671 West Sample Road since 2015 – has a leasing sign displayed prominently in the window. The owner of the restaurant, which offered Italian-American ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - For those who crave the fiery thrill of instant noodles, few brands can match the fervor and cult following of Samyang’s Buldak line from South Korea – which is now available in the new Asian markets in Coconut Creek and Coral Springs. Recently, the Danish government, citing ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study last month that showed drowning deaths are on the rise. Coral Springs emergency officials say it’s happening here, too. Since March, Broward Health doctors have treated 16 near-drownings and three ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Police were called to a popular sushi and Thai restaurant in Coral Springs last week after an employee allegedly threatened someone with a large knife. Hung Nguyen, 41, of Boca Raton, was working his shift at Moon Thai & Japanese Restaurant at 9637 Westview Drive when he ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A 75-year-old Wynmoor Village resident recently shot himself in the thigh while cleaning his semi-automatic pistol, according to Coconut Creek police. Police arrived to the third-floor Wynmoor apartment at about 4:30 p.m. on June 1 to find the man bleeding from the left ...
MARGATE – As a major advance in medicine, the use of robotic-assisted surgery started with the military when the U.S. Department of Defense wanted to use it for battlefield trauma surgery. Today, it’s morphed into a multi-billion-dollar business that involves surgical procedures across the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A man charged in a 2023 New Year’s Day heist of $2,300 worth of tools from the Home Depot in Coconut Creek was recently arrested in Jonesboro, Ga. Kaliym Rashaad Hamilton, 34, was extradited and booked on June 12 into the Broward County Jail, charged with grand theft in the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek may soon have a Taco Bell. The Mexican fast-food chain has submitted plans to the city of Coconut Creek to open a drive-through restaurant at 6061 Lyons Road on the northern edge of the plaza where El Dorado is located. It would be a freestanding, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - It may surprise many that, although I have lived in South Florida since the summer of 2012, I hadn’t visited a Flanigan’s until recently. Why? Mostly because, as a Coral Springs resident, none of the locations are that close. The nearest ones in Sunrise, North Lauderdale, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A senior at Coral Glades High School was recognized by the Broward County Public Schools for achievement as a JROTC cadet. Ashley Melo was one of the seven top cadets who were honored and received scholarships worth a combined total of $10,000. They were evaluated on their ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A Coconut Creek child has accused a teacher in Coral Springs of abuse, according to a Coconut Creek police report. Investigators recently found a large red mark on the child’s arm that the child and the child’s mother said was caused by the teacher, the report ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - As temperatures in Coconut Creek have hit summer-time highs, the heat also is rising on the fight to expand the Monarch Hill Landfill. The Broward County Commission on Tuesday asked the county staff to draft an ordinance that would allow county landfills to increase in ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The Kebab Shop has finally arrived in Coral Springs, offering a Middle Eastern twist to the Chipotle model with a menu centered around grilled meats and meze sides. On opening day, the fast-casual Lebanese Halal restaurant based in San Diego (Coral Springs is their second ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Coral Springs police are investigating a body found last week in a vehicle outside a McDonald’s. Officers responded to a call to the McDonald’s at 11655 West Sample Road, near Coral Ridge Drive, on June 13, police said. When they arrived, police found a man dead in his ...