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Pompano Beach Budget Takes Shape; New Skatepark Proposed
The City of Pompano Beach held a budget workshop for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 this past month, which ran for several hours after an initial presentation from city staff. City staff recommended a balanced budget of $487 million, a 14% increase from last year. Chief among...
Pompano Beach Approves $2 Billion Downtown Investment
In a nearly five-hour special meeting of the City Commission and the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), a master developer agreement with RocaPoint Partners for downtown Pompano Beach was approved in a 4-2 vote. The agreement, decades in the making,...
New Hotel Slated for Pompano Beach
The Pompano Beach City Commission took another step towards a new 178-foot hotel at 101 South Ocean Blvd. at a commission meeting last week. The 220-room hotel is in the early stages of development after overcoming its first hurdle of getting the site rezoned from...
Lighthouse Point to Name New Community Center in Honor of John Trudel
The City of Lighthouse Point is honoring John Trudel, who served as the Parks and Recreation Director of Lighthouse Point for over 40 years, by naming the newly-constructed community center at Dan Witt Park as the “John Trudel Community Center.”The City Commission, at...
Celebrating 11th Year of Operation Sailfish at Sailfish Marina Resort
The Quest for the Crest Sailfish Series is returning to Sailfish Marina Resort for its annual event, Operation Sailfish. This year's competition will take place from January 11th to 15th, 2023 and will see teams from around the country battling it out off the coast of...
Meet the Corinthians
Meet the Corinthians There's a chance you've heard of the Corinthians but weren't quite sure who they were. Is it a club? Are they associated with the Lighthouse Point Yacht Club? Were they featured in the movie "Caddy Shack?" Are sailor outfits involved?I spoke with...
John Knox Village Participates in Stanford Study on Virtual Reality in Aging Populations
Ren Fest Goes Pirate for the Weekend
Holy Jolly Rogers and for the love of rum – you don’t want to miss out on this!The scoundrels of the high seas have taken a devious detour from their ocean hijinks and made their way (deciphering a newly discovered treasure map) to the renowned Renaissance Fair...
Public Hearings Are Set for New Millage Rates, Special Assessments and Budget
The City Commission, at its July 12 meeting, approved the proposed millage rates and tentative budget for fiscal year 2022-2023, and set the first budget public hearing date for Sept. 12 at 6:30pm.The Commission also approved the proposed assessment rates for Fire...
New Publix at Shoppers Haven Is Moving Closer to Construction
A new Publix planned for the vacant anchor space at Shoppers Haven — the retail center located at the southwest corner of North Federal Highway and Sample Road in Pompano Beach — received approval from the Pompano Beach Architectural Appearance Committee in August and...
