Simone Xavier August is here, and it’s time to take full advantage of our last bits of summer – the sun, the bright color palettes, the heat! Our days are going to be filled with long hours at the beach, dinners with friends, and sun-kissed skin – all of summer’s little pleasures. The only thing
411
For some emergencies we know to automatically call 911 for the police, fire department or for medical services. And if you need information, we all know to call 411. But what do you do when you have a situation that is not your typical emergency, but just as much a threat or crisis to your
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Development company ZOM has drawn from history to come up with the Spanish eclectic style for its Casa Palma apartments in Coconut Creek. Turn back to 1925. That’s when George Merrick told the New York Times how he turned an orange grove near Miami into a modernized Mediterranean city called Coral Gables. “Just how I came
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“The City of Coconut Creek will now be the home of your second public college, along with Broward College,” says Robert Crawford, director of Atlantic Tech in Coconut Creek. Atlantic, as well as the McFatter and Sheridan technical centers, have been around for decades, but have recently been granted the right to change their names
The Book of Life
What if you were able to take the young teeth that your children naturally lose and save them so that when your child becomes an adult, they are able to use the cells from those young teeth to possibly help them fight things like cancer later in life? The good news is that you actually
A View from the Top
It is hard to believe that the school year will be starting again so soon! Throughout the year there are wonderful programs taking place at all of the schools in Coconut Creek and your City Commission is pleased to participate in many of the activities. I encourage all of you to get involved in our
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Vacant trailer park transformed with lakes, Class A apartments The Cypress Hammocks Apartments development shows that even a suburban area like Coconut Creek can benefit from redevelopment. Developer Alliance Residential took a former mobile home park and turned it into a 396-unit project with two new lakes, walking trails, a resort-style pool and even
Editor’s Note
It’s hard to think of a bigger contrast. A few minutes ago I was reading about the seeming disintegration of Iraq as a nation and then edited this issue’s uplifting article about what the Fourth of July means to residents of Coconut Creek. City Manager Mary Blasi had a great reference at the end of
The Book of Life
There may come a time when you need to make a dental appointment for a root canal. Now, that phrase can sound awfully scary, especially if you’re someone who has never heard of a root canal before. Root canals are a very normal procedure for dentists or endodontists to perform. In fact, more than 15