By Danielle Charbonneau, Pompano Beach News Editor It has been 50 years since the famed summer of ’69. That July, roughly 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon. In August, according to some estimates, roughly a million people flocked to Bethel, NY to attend ...

by Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach News Reporter POMPANO BEACH REDEVELOPMENT: A rezoning application for a large-scale, development on property adjacent to Aquamarina Hidden Harbour was tabled by the Planning and Zoning Board last week because there are “some things to work out,” including height and density. The proposed mixed-use project, ...

By Sarah Licht, Pompano Beach News Reporter POMPANO BEACH NEWS: Pompano Beach restaurant and events space Galuppi's is well known for their free concerts every weekend; these concerts include tribute bands for 70s and 80s classic rock and upcoming rock bands. Although Galuppi's has held previous concerts on temporary stage ...

By Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach News Reporter The Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) plan to move the historic McNab House from its current location at 1736 E. Atlantic Boulevard to McNab Park, just five blocks east, and to convert the house into a restaurant with a botanical garden, took ...

by Jeff Levine, News Columnist The long asked for, long protested against, highway extension connecting the Sawgrass Expressway to I-95 may soon become reality.  Well, maybe not soon in real people time, but soon in government speak. The latest plans offered by the FDOT seem the most likely in a ...

One of the bigger issues being debated in Pompano Beach over the past few weeks has been the zoning change allowing two 205 feet towers to be built, primarily as high end condos. The site of the proposed project, known as Ocean Park Beach Residences, is located on a 0.62-acre ...

by Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach News Reporter POMPANO BEACH ELECTIONS:  The City Commission voted to place three questions on the ballot of the March 17, 2020 Presidential Primary election, giving Pompano Beach voters the opportunity to decide if they want the two-year terms that city commissioners serve to be increased ...

By Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach News Reporter The beachside development project known as the Pompano Beach Fishing Village continues to make progress, and the City Commission, at its meeting on July 23, gave its preliminary approval for an amended development timeline. The first component to be completed on the Fishing ...

POMPANO BEACH DIVING DEATH:  The diver whose body was found yesterday near Hillsboro Inlet has been identified.  The victim is Peter Mendez of Davie. Mendez was boating with three other friends on Wednesday morning when he fell overboard.  The foursome was out on the ocean in the Hillsboro Beach-Pompano Beach ...

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 “twin towers" project, which many residents in the surrounding neighborhood strongly ...