On Sunday, February 26, a hail of gunfire took the lives of two people at a local convenience store, and injured two more. At 9:01 p.m. Sunday night, a barrage of gunshots turned the little brown convenience store at 401 N.W. 27th Avenue in Pompano Beach to a crime scene. The shooting is described as […]
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Forget the Kansas City Chiefs, Pompano Beach has its own Super Bowl championship team. The Pompano Chiefs 6U youth football team has a year of bragging rights as Florida Youth Football League’s (FYFL) Super Bowl champs. The Chiefs beat the Lauderdale Lakes Vikings in November. The Vice Tribe of approximately 20 kids, some not old […]
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Senior Pastor Nathan E. Austin, Zion Church Pompano, 1525 NW 7th Street, Pompano Beach, #2389, 33069 Service Sundays at 9 a.m. Pastor Norman Freeman, Greater Antioch Pompano, 420 NW 8th Avenue, Pompano Beach, 33060 Service Sundays at 7:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Pastor Ron Harper, I Am Kingdom Ministries International, 432 SW 10th Ct, Deerfield […]
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By Attiyya Atkins If all goes as planned, downtown Pompano is set to be a destination comparable to Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, and the county’s other thriving downtowns. Still, there is work to do. That’s why the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency has been working to transform vacant lots and buildings into a downtown area […]
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By Attiyya Atkins Kodak Black, Pompano Beach rapper and philanthropist, is stepping into the commercial real estate realm. The rapper bought the property at 1511-1547 Hammondville Road (MLK). The property is .7 acres and includes two buildings, one 3,800 square feet and the other 4,900 square feet. Both buildings were built in the 1950s and […]
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By Kristen Hernandez On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, shoppers were browsing the shops at Festival Marketplace located at 2900 Sample Road. An advertisement on the outside LED screen announced a new Demented Escape Room is “Coming Soon.” In the packed parking lot, Tamarac resident, Adina, loaded several bags into her trunk after spending hours browsing […]
Continue ReadingProgress in Pompano Project Called Out by Concerned Citizens, Again By Kristen Hernandez The traffic on Atlantic Blvd. is a nightmare, residents say. Frustrated residents spoke up during the January 24 Pompano Beach city commission meeting, opposing the city’s beautification project for the Atlantic Blvd. and Dixie Hwy intersection. It doesn’t matter that voters helped […]
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