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CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Last Friday, many restaurants were without gas for hours, unable to cook, after construction crews damaged a gas line on Wiles Road and forced temporary shutdown of gas flow to nearby businesses and homes.

It was at least the fourth time in recent months that crews caused a gas leak on Wiles Road -- the third time in the construction zone from Riverside Drive to ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Cities across the nation are starting to integrate digital currencies into their operations, accepting them as payment for municipal utility bills as well as paying salaries of employees.

Should Coral Springs use cryptocurrency, too?

Mayor Scott Brook recently asked the city administration to look into it.

“I’d definitely like us to learn more about ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Charles Hughes had approached the Coral Springs Planning and Zoning Board on Monday in hopes of getting special permission to keep a deck and pergola in the backyard of his Kensington Commons home since the structures improperly encroached on their property’s setback.

“I care about my home. I take good care of it,” he said during the ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Residents of the Kenilsworth neighborhood in Coral Springs went to a City Hall meeting last week determined to push officials to act faster to remove squatters who have been living in a deteriorating house in their community.

City Attorney John Hearn told residents the city has taken legal action intended to remove squatters living at 9270 NW 16 Street, but it’s ...

PARKLAND, FL – For Coral Springs parents driving their children to and from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Westglades Middle School, be prepared for a road construction project in the area.

Florida Department of Transportation announced this week that a half-mile stretch of Holmberg Road between Pine Island Road and Heron Bay Boulevard will be rebuilt, starting on May 26 and ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs administrators are looking to take a step in reducing the use of pollution-causing disposable plastic cups, utensils, straws, plates, containers, and other so-called single-use plastics at businesses across the city.

The only question is: should that approach be voluntary or mandatory at restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, and other ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – It’s not often that there’s talk of “poop and pee” at Coral Springs City Commission meetings.

But Vice Mayor Joshua Simmons wanted the public to understand why the city needed to spend $2.6 million to upgrade two lift stations and a force main at sites through the city.

So he asked the city’s Public Works Director John Norris to ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL –  Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement last week that he was getting rid of special taxing districts as part of a dispute with Walt Disney Co. is creating uncertainly for one of those districts in Coral Springs that handles drainage and flood protection for an area with more than 40,000 residents.

The Sunshine Water Control District, established in 1967, ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Last April, Coral Springs went to court to fight a special magistrate’s decision allowing a substance abuse treatment center to house up to 12 unrelated people in two houses in the Hills neighborhood.

The goal, officials said at the time: toss out Special Magistrate Mitch Kraft’s decision to allow Legacy Healing Center of Margate to house their clients at ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Update: A memo released this week offered a few more details on the settlement.

The employee was a police officer who worked for Coral Springs from 2005 to 2020, according to memo.

And if the case wasn’t settled, the city would have been on the hook for providing future physical therapy, medications, and other medical-related expenses for the employee, ...