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City Purchases Denny’s Property
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com The City Commission unanimously approved in December the $1.8 million purchase of the former Denny’s restaurant located at 2671 N. Federal Highway for the purpose of expanding the Charlotte J. Burrie Civic Center, which is currently being ...

City Conveys Eight Properties to NW CRA
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com 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 area. ...

New Signal for Beach Crosswalk
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com By Marie Puleo The City has entered into a construction agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to install a traffic signal at the intersection of A1A and Pier Street to aid pedestrian and vehicular traffic. ...

New Public Plaza in Old Town
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com 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 Old Town Untapped craft brew and arts ...

SEWAGE SPILL AFTERMATH
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com 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 ...

Pompano Bans Plastic Straws
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com 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 ...

City Covers Water Taxi Shortfall
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com 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 continue service. The water ...

Pompano’s New Police Chief
Major Wayne Adkins became chief of the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) Pompano Beach District. 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 ...

HIDDEN HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com 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 to build ...

New Restaurant Planned on Intracoastal
Pompano! Magazine's City Beat Reporter Marie Puleo. She can be emailed at puleo.marie@gmail.com 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 and the Sands Harbor Resort & Marina. The owners of Taha Marine ...