Coconut Creek News

Classical musicians typically don't have a choice about the repertoire they perform.

The Coconut Creek Democratic Club will have a general meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Coconut Creek Community Center, 1100 Lyons Road.

I read the question you answered about a 60-pound dog who had trouble learning to go outdoors after using a litter box.

A Super Hero Convention for ages 4 to 8 will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Aug.

The ocean is the backdrop for a romantic restaurant that manages to get the words "moon" and "rose" in its name.

The proposed extension of University Drive to link Broward and Palm Beach counties has hit a minor roadblock as officials have decided to study the feasibility of widening State Road 7 and adding exclusive ...

U.S. Rep. Ron Klein , D- Boca Raton , has introduced legislation in Congress calling for the Coconut Creek Post Office to be named in honor of a fallen soldier in Iraq.

Supporters of Second Chance of Northwest Florida turn out at the Coconut Creek Family Fun Park today on Panama City Beach.

Coconut Creek police and fire rescue units were on scene Friday of a motorcycle collision with an SUV in which the motorcyclist who was killed was an off-duty policeman.

An off-duty police officer riding his personal motorcycle was killed at 11:24 a.m. on Friday when his bike collided with an SUV at the intersection of Coconut Creek Parkway and Banks Road, said Coconut Creek Police spokesman Anthony Avello.

Michael McQuade, 36, was a 5-year veteran at the Margate Police Department.

The SUV's driver was identified as Loize Augusme, 48, of North Lauderdale. Augusme does not face charges at this time, authorities said.

According to Avello, the SUV was westbound on Coconut Creek Parkway making a left turn to head south on Banks Road when the SUV collided with the motorcycle, which was eastbound on Coconut Creek Parkway.

He lasted 15 years in a job that often seems to have the shelf life of mayonnaise.

Along the way, City Manager John Kelly saw his little city nearly double in population, endured countless tax proposals from what he calls a shortsighted Legislature and inked a lucrative casino deal with the Seminole Tribe. And now he's ready for a break. Kelly, who has run the city for more than a third of its 41 years, will spend his last day on the job Friday. He arrived as city manager in 1993, after spending seven years in the same position with Tamarac. His replacement, longtime deputy David Rivera, moves up to the top job next week. Kelly and his wife, Kathy, will live part-time in New Brunswick, Canada, return here for winters and take trips to South and Central America they haven't been able to squeeze in during the last two decades. 'It's time to go. I'm 65 and we've planned well, saved well and we're going to enjoy this,' Kelly said. 'I've been very fortunate and have enjoyed walking into work every single day.' That decision comes as Coconut Creek and other South Florida cities grapple with shrinking revenues from tax measures approved by legislators and voters.

Despite spiraling gas prices and a shaky economy, parents aren't stinting on one expense: shipping kids off to camp during school vacation.

An informal survey of Broward County summer camps, private and public, shows no substantial drop in attendance during the first week of summer break. Working parents, camp directors say, can't cut costs when it comes to child care for out-of-school kids.

'We're about the same as last year,' Matt Hall said of attendance at Sport Star Camp in Coconut Creek. 'People need to work.'

It's here. Two years after announcing the development of a SuperTarget in Deerfield Beach, at Hillsboro Boulevard and Powerline Road, Target Corp.

Organizers of the first meeting of the Wynmoor Republican Club - at the overwhelmingly Democratic retirement community in Coconut Creek - expected maybe 20 or 30 people.

You can find a drum circle almost every day in South Florida. Looking for a Thursday night event? Cruzan Rum Bar's drum circle gathers around 8 p.m. every other Thursday at the bar behind Panama Hattie's off ...

Privacy. That's what Margaret Dawson Zimmerman and her husband Raymond found when they moved to their home in Mai Tai Estates 14 years ago.

By 1964, Florida had more deep-water ports than anywhere in the nation. The problem was it still left foreign markets untapped due to a lag of exports.

Employees at Hollywood City Hall could soon be out of the office and getting an early start to the weekend.

Taverna Opa - Fort Lauderdale Upload your photo>> With its Intracoastal location, this taverna looks like it was transported from the Greek islands.

Four winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $45,750.57 each, the Florida Lottery said Monday.