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UPDATE: Pompano Beach CC Approves 205 Ft. Height for A1A “Twin Towers”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach News Reporter At its meeting this past Tuesday night, the City Commission approved, in a 4:2 vote, a developer’s request to rezone land located at 1508 N. Ocean Blvd. in order to build a 205-foot-high...
New Pompano Beach Development May Add 282 Residential Units to Old Town. SEE PICS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo POMPANO BEACH REDEVELOPMENT NEWS: Old Town Square, a $63 million ten-story mixed-use development that is planned for the Old Town district of Pompano Beach, is on track to receive $7.8 million in financing from the...
Will Pompano Beach Get 309 More Residential Units? Update on Hidden Harbour Development
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo POMPANO BEACH REDEVELOPMENT NEWS: Plans for a large-scale, mixed-use development on property adjacent to Aquamarina Hidden Harbour moved forward last week when a site plan submitted by the developer went before the...
LOCAL RABBI & CONGRESSMAN RESPOND TO HOLOCAUST DENIAL
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Boca Raton made national headlines this past week when news came to light that in 2018, then principal of Spanish River Community High School, William Latson, said in an email exchange with a parent that he could not “force”...
NEW AEROJUICE OPENS IN POMPANO BEACH
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]POMPANO BEACH RESTAURANT NEWS: Last month, Pompano Beach welcomed its newest health food and smoothie cafe – AeroJuice. AeroJuice is a Deerfield Beach-based franchise that specializes in creating healthy food and drinks for its...
UPDATE: LIVE! RESORTS POMPANO AT ISLE CASINO MAKING PROGRESS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo POMPANO BEACH NEWS: Plans to transform the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park into Live! Resorts Pompano – an entertainment, hotel, dining, retail, residential and office hub – took another step forward last week when a...
Pompano Beach A1A Parking Lot May Become Hotel, Supermarket & Garage
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach News Reporter A1A POMPANO BEACH PARKING GARAGE: Pompano Beach plans to build a 750-space public parking garage, a 300-room hotel and a beach grocery store on the site of the Oceanside parking lot took...
POMPANO BEACH FISHING PIER GETS A NEW NAME
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach News Reporter The Pompano Beach City Commission, at its meeting last night, voted unanimously to name the newly reconstructed Pompano Beach fishing pier “The Fisher Family Pier,” in honor of the...
POMPANO BEACH CITY HALL MOVING TO NEW $96 MILLION FACILITY?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach Reporter The Pompano Beach City Commission, at its meeting last Tuesday, passed a resolution to appropriate $9.6 million from the City’s Building Permit Fund for the construction of a proposed new...
Death of Lighthouse Point Resident Results in Anti-hazing “Andrew’s Law”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Local Lighthouse Point resident Andrew Coffey died as a result of a fraternity hazing incident at FSU in 2017. After two years of continuous effort by his family and others, Governor Ron DeSantis signed "Andrew's Law" this week,...