Local News
Pompano Beach To Get a Bar on the Beach
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Danielle Carbonneau (Editor/Pompano Beach news reporter) Construction is well underway on Lucky Fish Beach Bar and Grill, one of the next eagerly anticipated restaurant concepts in Pompano Beach Fishing Village near the new...
New Mayor Rex Hardin: How’s He Doin’?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by Jeff Levine, Pompano Beach columnist Got a phone call from a very excited Pompano Beach Mayor Rex Hardin a few days ago. He, along with City Manager Greg Harrison, had just met with João Mendes Pereira, Ambassador/Consul General...
City Purchases Denny’s Property
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="7085" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] The City Commission unanimously approved in December the $1.8 million purchase of the former Denny’s restaurant located at 2671 N. Federal Highway...
City Conveys Eight Properties to NW CRA
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo At its meeting on Jan. 22, the City Commission approved the conveyance of eight City-owned properties to the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), in order to help facilitate development in the downtown...
New Public Plaza in Old Town
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="7066" img_size="full" add_caption="yes"][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo The Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is preparing to create a public plaza in Old Town that will be used as a gathering place for the...
ATLANTIC BRIDGE ALMOST FINISHED
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="7049" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" css_animation="none"][vc_column_text] By Danielle Charbonneau On Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, Pompano Beach City Commissioners and company officials from Currie Sowards...
SEWAGE SPILL AFTERMATH
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo While there are many more steps to take to return to normalcy, the city continues to recover from the aftermath of the sewage spill that was caused on Jan. 4, when a subcontractor working for the Florida Department of...
Pompano Bans Plastic Straws
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo In January, the City Commission approved a ban on plastic beverage straws citywide, an expansion of the ordinance it passed a few months ago, which only banned them on city property. Starting on March 1, 2019, all...
City Covers Water Taxi Shortfall
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="7021" img_size="full"][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo The Pompano Beach Water Taxi, which began operating along the Intracoastal Waterway just over a year ago, is getting a helping hand from the City to meet its expenses and...
Pompano’s New Police Chief
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo On Jan. 5, Major Wayne Adkins became chief of the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) Pompano Beach District. He replaces Major John Hale, who was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned to the BSO Department of...