Lighthouse Point News
LIGHTHOUSE POINT STREET PAVING PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY
A project to mill and resurface the streets in the Lake Placid neighborhood of Lighthouse Point has gotten underway. The Lake […]
Lighthouse Drive Tree Pruning Project Is Set to Start
A project to prune the city’s signature trees along Lighthouse Drive is scheduled to begin this month. In June, the […]
Lighthouse Point Establishes a Policy for Naming City-Owned Properties and Streets
The City of Lighthouse Point recently adopted a formal policy regarding the naming of city-owned properties and streets. The purpose […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT TOWNHOME PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND SOON
BY MARIE PULEO Rendering of new townhome community planned for the southwest corner of Lighthouse Drive and NE 39th Street. LIGHTHOUSE […]
Robert Weech Begins New Role as Lighthouse Point Fire Chief
BY MARIE PULEO Robert Weech will begin his role as Lighthouse Point’s new fire chief on Aug. 15. The city […]
Seven Lighthouse Point Bridges to Undergo Inspection
Seven city-owned bridges are undergoing inspections that are being carried out by Kimley-Horn and Associates, a consultant hired by the […]
The Earl Of Lighthouse Point
By Richard Rosser Earl Maucker is an award-winning journalist who served 16 years as editor of the Sun-Sentinel and 14 […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT CITY COMMISSION PICKS EVERETT MARSHALL III TO FILL VACANT COMMISSION SEAT 4
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER The Lighthouse Point City Commission picked Everett Marshall III to fill […]
LA QUINTA HOTEL GETS APPROVED FOR LIGHTHOUSE POINT
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER LA QUINTA HOTEL APPROVED FOR LIGHTHOUSE POINT: A La Quinta hotel […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT’S NEW MAYOR IS KYLE VAN BUSKIRK
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER LIGHTHOUSE POINT’S NEW MAYOR: At a special city commission meeting held […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT MAYOR GLENN TROAST REMEMBERED BY COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER On March 23, city officials announced the passing of Lighthouse Point […]
Lighthouse Point Youth Help Address Local Food Insecurity
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Richard Rosser [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”12513″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]In 2014, then Boca Raton high-schoolers Harrison Konsker and Maccabee Herman created Fillet for Friends […]
A Common Medicare Mistake
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Philip Alsten Assuming that Medicare is Free Most U.S. workers know that taxes are taken out of their […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT OFFICIALS DROP IDEA OF REPLACING ALAMANDA BRIDGE WITH A CULVERT
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER Lighthouse Point residents concerned about a possible plan to replace the […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT LIBRARY MAY GET A NEW CHILDREN’S WING
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER The Lighthouse Point Library may be getting a new children’s wing […]
NEW DUAL-BRAND HOTEL IS PLANNED ALONG FEDERAL HIGHWAY IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER A new dual-brand hotel is being planned for a vacant site […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS FOR TRICK-OR-TREATERS DUE TO COVID-19
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER Trick-or-treaters in Lighthouse Point will be required to follow certain restrictions […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT OFFICIALS OPPOSE COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT ON NOV. 3 BALLOT
BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER This month, the City Commission unanimously approved a resolution opposing a proposed […]
Groundbreaking For New Lighthouse Point Fire Station Is Planned For November
BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER The groundbreaking for the new Lighthouse Point fire station, which will be […]
POMPANO BEACH OPPOSES CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT THREATENS HOME RULE, BUT WON’T BE JOINING LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | POMPANO BEACH NEWS REPORTER Leaders of municipalities throughout Broward County, including Pompano Beach and Deerfield […]
Papa’s Raw Bar In Lighthouse Point Is Opening An Elevated Cocktails and Oyster Bar
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER Like many local businesses struggling as a result of the COVID-19 […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AMID COVID-19
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER LIGHTHOUSE POINT INITIATIVE: The City recently launched a new initiative to […]
BROWARD COUNTY CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: NO SHOES, NO SHORTS, NO MASK, NO SERVICE (commentary)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Commentary by Jeff Levine, Editor-at-Large BROWARD COUNTY CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Back in May, I was thrilled to finally […]
COVID UPDATES: Pompano Beach Fireworks Location; Hospital Beds Filling Up; Schools to Open
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Jeff Levine, Pompano Beach Editor-at-Large With Coronavirus cases on the rise throughout Florida and Broward County and ICU […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT POLICE OFFICERS TO GET BODY CAMS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER The City Commission, at its virtual meeting on Tuesday night, authorized […]
COMMENTARY: WE SEEM UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE BIGGEST HEALTH CRISIS OF OUR GENERATION
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]RECORD # OF COVID CASES IN FLORIDA, SECRET FIREWORKS COMING TO POMPANO BEACH, DEERFIELD BEACH CORONAVRIUS VIOLATIONS ARE ABUNDANT, THE […]
Preparing for Hurricane Season Combined with COVID-19 Pandemic
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As you continue to take precautions to keep yourself and your family safe from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important […]
DAN WITT PARK SET TO REOPEN, SUMMER CAMP DATES SCHEDULED
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER The City of Lighthouse Point announced today that Dan Wit Park […]
POMPANO BEACH CHAMBER HELPS LOCAL BUSINESSES MEET CHALLENGES OF CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | POMPANO BEACH NEWS REPORTER POMPANO BEACH CHAMBER: As local businesses face the impacts of the […]
MORE BROWARD COUNTY REOPENINGS SET FOR NEXT WEEK INCLUDING SUNBATHING AND MORE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER BROWARD COUNTY REOPENINGS: Broward County issued an order on Friday evening further extending […]
LATEST LIGHTHOUSE POINT AREA REOPENINGS INCLUDE EXCHANGE CLUB PARK, MORE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER UPDATED: June 1, 2020 LIGHTHOUSE POINT REOPENINGS: Lighthouse Point Mayor Glenn […]
Indian Princesses Break our Hearts with Cuteness
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Although the coronavirus lockdown has interrupted our daily routines, it has also given us a chance to spend more […]
The New Face of Restaurants in Beacon Light
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On Monday, The Shoppes at Beacon Light began reopening their doors for dining and shopping for the first time in […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT REOPENING PHASE ONE: DO’S AND DONT’S
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER LIGHTHOUSE POINT REOPENING PHASE ONE: Mayor Glenn Troast has issued an […]
DeSantis Gives the Go-Ahead On Phase One Reopening of Broward County
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday afternoon at a press briefing in Doral with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Broward Mayor Dale Holness, DeSantis said […]
BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO DISCUSS PHASED REOPENING AT SPECIAL WORKSHOP ON MAY 12 AT 11AM – SEE HOW TO TUNE IN
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER BROWARD COUNTY PHASED RE-OPENING: The Broward County Commission will hold a special workshop […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, DEERFIELD BEACH, POMPANO BEACH UPCOMING CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS WILL BE VIRTUAL
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER VIRTUAL CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS: With public in-person meetings cancelled due to the coronavirus […]
Governor DeSantis extends Florida’s State of Emergency for 60 Days
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-114, which extends Florida’s State of Emergency for 60 days. The announcement came moments after […]
Pompano Beach Saltwater Circuit Tournament Update: First Leg of Tournament Rescheduled
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] With May still looming under stay-at-home and quarantine orders Bluewater Movements has moved the 1st leg of the series, the Saltwater Shootout (which […]
Lighthouse Point Issues Rules for Safe and Responsible Use of Parks and Tennis Center
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The City of Lighthouse Point is opening limited park facilities to provide its residents opportunities to exercise and obtain other […]
4/29 UPDATE: LIGHTHOUSE POINT PARKS – REVISIONS MADE SINCE YESTERDAY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER UPDATED on April 29 at 4:50pm with new information released by […]
POMPANO BEACH & LIGHTHOUSE POINT TO HOLD VIRTUAL CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS APRIL 28
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER VIRTUAL CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS: After cancelling public in-person meetings due to the coronavirus […]
Lighthouse Point’s First Responders Adapt to the Threat of the Coronavirus
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”bounceInRight”] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER The coronavirus pandemic has changed daily life for many people, including the […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT & POMPANO BEACH VIRTUAL CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS: PARTICIPATE FROM YOUR COUCH!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER VIRTUAL CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS: Lighthouse Point will hold a virtual City Commission meeting […]
BROWARD COUNTY ISSUES MANDATORY ORDER FOR FACIAL COVERINGS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER Broward County late this afternoon issued an emergency order instructing all people in […]
Broward County, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach Issue Directives on Face Masks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER POMPANO BEACH, DEERFIELD BEACH FACE MASKS- Original story posted 5pm. UPDATE 8PM: Broward […]
Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point, Deerfield Beach and LBTS Hold Virtual City Commission Meetings Amid Coronavirus Crisis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER VIRTUAL CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS: After cancelling public meetings due to the coronavirus crisis, […]
POMPANO BEACH, LIGHTHOUSE POINT, LBTS ISSUE MANDATORY STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER On Friday afternoon, Broward County cities began issuing stay-at-home orders in an effort […]
LATEST BROWARD COUNTY SHELTER-IN-PLACE GUIDELINES FOR YOU TO FOLLOW
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | NEWS REPORTER BROWARD COUNTY SHELTER-IN-PLACE GUIDELINES: Thursday afternoon, Broward County increased its efforts to combat […]
LIGHTHOUSE POINT: MAYOR ORDERS MORE CLOSURES, NEW MEASURES TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BY MARIE PULEO | LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEWS REPORTER LIGHTHOUSE POINT CLOSURES: Due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Lighthouse […]
