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HIDDEN HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo Plans for a mixed-use development on property adjacent to Aquamarina Hidden Harbour took another step forward last December when the City Commission unanimously approved a land use change that entitles the developer...
City Purchases Old Library Parcel
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo At its Nov. 13 meeting, the City Commission voted 3-2 to buy a parcel of land at 1207 E. Atlantic Blvd., just west of the site of the former library, which was relocated to the new library facility at the Pompano...
New Restaurant Planned on Intracoastal
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images="6981,6982" img_size="full" autoplay="yes" wrap="yes"][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo A new waterfront restaurant is being planned for a site along the east side of the Intracoastal, between the Atlantic Boulevard Bridge...
Water Plant Will Get $2.5M In Upgrades
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo The transfer pump station at the city’s water treatment plant, located at 1205 NE 5th Ave., will be undergoing approximately $2.5 million worth of upgrades. The transfer pump station moves water from the treatment...
Plan Approved for New Loft Project
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="6928" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo The Planning and Zoning Board recently approved a major site plan for a 37-unit apartment building to be constructed on a vacant...
Pompano Will Hire Seven New SROs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Marie Puleo At its Oct. 23 meeting, the City Commission approved approximately $1 million to fund seven additional Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) deputy sheriff school resource officers (SROs) to staff all of Pompano’s public and...
Coach Randall Makes Hall of Fame
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="6843" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | PHOTOS BY JOE YERKOVICH Melvin Randall, the legendary Blanche Ely High School boys’ basketball coach, was inducted into the Broward County Sports Hall...
Pompano Beach Rescue Ride-a-Long
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="6665" img_size="full" add_caption="yes"][vc_column_text] By Danielle Charbonneau It’s 1:53am when the alarm bell sounds. I listen carefully to its pitch and pattern — there’s different tones to denote if the call has come in...
Pompano Election Wrap-Up
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Jeff Levine FLORIDA. NEVER A DULL MOMENT. ANOTHER CLOSE AND MESSY ELECTION HAS PUT THE NATION’S SPOTLIGHT ON US ONCE AGAIN. The statewide races and recounts have had an effect all the way down to the local level where the Pompano...
Sands Harbor Hotel sold for $20.8 Million
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Danielle Charbonneau On Oct. 12, the New York-based hospitality company Impulsive Group purchased the Sands Harbor Resort and Marina in Pompano Beach for $20.8 million. According to county property records, the market value of...