April Showers You with Art at Old Town Untapped
Old Town Untapped takes place on the first Friday of the month from 6 – 10 p.m. and is free for all ages to attend. The popular street festival happens in the heart of Downtown Pompano, near Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA). She is the choreographer of the award-winning short film Brown Ballerina and has performed nationally and internationally with Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, Jubilation Dance Ensemble, and Olujimi Dance Theatre. The department programs and manages the City’s premiere cultural arts venues including the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, Ali Cultural Arts Center, Bailey Contemporary Arts Center, and the Blanche Ely House Museum. The department also oversees the City’s Public Art Program and the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town grant awarded to the Pompano Beach Crossroads place-making arts initiative.
thewestsidegazette.comVideo shows thieves stealing supplies from plumbing business vans in Pompano Beach
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating after a group of thieves were caught on camera stealing supplies and equipment from the vans of a family-owned plumbing business in Pompano Beach late Saturday night.
Man brings 2 women home from Hard Rock, but luck runs out, deputies say: they steal his stuff
Broward County deputies say a Pompano Beach man’s “entertaining” evening at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood ended in bad luck after a pair of women he brought back home with him took some of his valuables.
Car involved in Pompano Beach convenience store shootings found; suspects remain unidentified
Delana James, 31, of Fort Lauderdale, and Dayvon Johnson, 35, of Pompano Beach, were killed and two other people were injured in shootings at a Pompano Beach convenience store on Feb. 26, and the suspect have yet to be identified, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.
sun-sentinel.comDetectives seek 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee involved in Pompano Beach convenience store shootings
The Broward Sheriff’s Office released photos Wednesday of a gray 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a Florida tag of 28BSTR. The unidentified suspects are armed and dangerous, the Sheriff’s Office said.
sun-sentinel.comLegislation might help save endangered Black cemetery
By Anne GeggisA piece of Westview Cemetery in Pompano Beach is slated to be sold. Supporters fighting to keep an historically Black cemetery in Pompano Beach intact recently lost a round in court. Westview Cemetery was founded in 1952 when segregation laws kept races separate, even in death. And, at the time, it was the only dedicated place where Black people in Pompano Beach could be buried. Tampa Bay’s first Black cemetery, Zion Cemetery, had 800 bodies buried there before headstones were removed and stores, warehouses and homes built.
thewestsidegazette.comBroward man, jailed for almost 14 years awaiting trial, murdered less than two years after his release
Marcus Lumsdon, 37, was shot multiple times in front of an apartment complex near the 300 block of Southwest Second Place in Pompano Beach on Jan. 28, according to a press release from the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
sun-sentinel.comParents charged in 1-year-old son’s death from fentanyl and other drugs
The parents of a 1-year-old boy were arrested Monday on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child after the baby died from a “lethal intoxication of drugs, including fentanyl,” in September, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
sun-sentinel.comInvestigators: Pompano Beach commissioner misused campaign funds
In a new report released Tuesday, investigators with the Broward Office of the Inspector General accused Pompano Beach City Commissioner Beverly Perkins of misusing more than $7,000 in leftover campaign funds following the 2020 election.
Suspect in deadly Pompano Beach shooting arrested in Palm Beach County
Austin Henry, 27, of Pompano Beach, was arrested Thursday on one count of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Michael Walters, 47, of Margate, in the 300 block of West Copans Road on Nov. 16, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.
sun-sentinel.comFamily accused in anti-gay attack balk at representing themselves in court
Heeding the advice of the judge overseeing their case, Yevhen Makarenko, his wife, Inna, and their son Oleh decided Friday that they needed lawyers to represent them on charges of beating up a gay man in Pompano Beach last year.
sun-sentinel.comTesta-lyin’ in the Black Church
Despite the best efforts to stay clear of the foolishness, Ol’ Peter ran into Superintendent Vickie Cartwright and her husband in the Black church. Everyone knows that there are unspoken but clearly understood rules in the Black church. Ol’ Pete gives Super Cartwright some credit. She was told to make good with the Black community and what better way to kick off the effort than to cross the threshold of the Black church with a King James Bible in one hand and a charm with a Black Jesus on the cross in the other. Black parishioners told Peter that they don’t want to be pacified or patronized.
thewestsidegazette.comGlorious Gospel Events Are Coming to Ali Cultural Arts Center
Uplifting Gospel Fifth Sundays Gospel Series Takes the StageBy Kay RenzPompano Beach Arts is proud to present the inspiring new Fifth Sundays Gospel series at Ali Cultural Arts Center. Performance Schedule:The South Florida Gospel Singers with opening acts Earth Angels and Zion Sons, October 30, 2022, 4:30 p.m. The South Florida Gospel Singers were formed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1984, and originally consisted of Rev. The Ali Cultural Arts Center is located at 353 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Pompano Beach, Florida. The department programs and manages the City’s premiere cultural arts venues including the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, Ali Cultural Arts Center, Bailey Contemporary Arts Center, and the Blanche Ely House Museum.
thewestsidegazette.comAttempted murder suspect who led deputies on chase arrested; investigation leads to two more arrests
The arrests of three men this week, one wanted for attempted murder, culminated with deputies taking two guns and a combined 48 grams of drugs off the streets, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Friday.
sun-sentinel.comSuspect in Pompano Beach triple shooting dies in separate shooting before he could be arrested in murder
A man suspected of killing a 20-year-old woman in Pompano Beach in a triple shooting at a gas station last year died before he could be arrested, so the case was closed by the Broward Sheriff's Office.
sun-sentinel.comPompano woman disappeared in May. Deputies arrested her husband and are searching Intracoastal for her body
Officials are searching the Intracoastal Waterway from Hillsboro Inlet to Pompano Beach for Irene Lanning Xeniti, whose husband has been arrested and charged with murder for her death.
sun-sentinel.comRosalind Osgood facing challenge from fellow Democrat for Senate re-election
By Anne GeggisRep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams of Pompano Beach is seeking to challenge Osgood in the August Primary. A Democratic Representative has filed to represent Senate District 32 — challenging an incumbent Democratic Senator who was elected only earlier this year. Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams of Pompano Beach had announced she would not run for a fourth term in the Florida House. The shifting boundaries put Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book in the same district as Osgood. And now she’s facing a challenge from a fellow Democrat in that district, Senate District 35.
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thewestsidegazette.comJeep driver is second man in two days to die in crash with Brightline train
A man who tried to beat a Brightline train across the tracks Tuesday in Hollywood died from his injuries. The accident was the second fatal crash in two days caused by someone trying to beat a Brightline train across the tracks.
sun-sentinel.comSouth Florida men arrested in 2021 murder of woman, deputies say
Jonelle Coleman was shot to death in the middle of the day in March 2021, left lying on a sidewalk in Pompano Beach. More than a year later, two men have been arrested and charged in her death, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Monday.
sun-sentinel.comBrightline, FEC, state seek millions in federal money help to cut down on rail deaths
Brightline is teaming with the Florida Department of Transportation to apply for federal help that would provide $45 million in joint funding for a rail crossing safety project along the Florida East Coast Railway line. The project is designed to cut down on the proliferation of train-vehicle collisions between Miami-Dade and Brevard counties. If approved, work could start by as early as August.
sun-sentinel.comFort Lauderdale bus shooting victim Danny Colon remembered as being ‘all about family’
Danny Colon, one of two people killed in the March 17 shooting in Fort Lauderdale on a Broward County Transit bus, was celebrated Saturday during his funeral. Family members recalled Colon as a family man.
sun-sentinel.comProfessional Apprenticeship Career Tract (PACT) Seaman Justin Estupinan, from Pompano Beach, Fla., serves as a signalman
ADRIATIC SEA — Professional Apprenticeship Career Tract (PACT) Seaman Justin Estupinan, from Pompano Beach, Fla., serves as a signalman aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE-6), Feb. 26, 2022. Mitscher is deployed with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa.
thewestsidegazette.comPompano Beach CRA Wins 2021 FRA Award for McNab House and Botanical Gardens Project Recognized in Prestigious “Out of the Box” Category
The Pompano Beach CRA is proud to announce the McNab House Restoration and Botanical Gardens is the 2021 winner of the “Out of the Box” category in the annual Florida Redevelopment Association Awards. “We are honored to have received this prestigious recognition,” said Nguyen Tran, Pompano Beach CRA Director. “The McNab House and Botanical Gardens is an innovative mix of historic preservation and future visioning. The goal of the McNab House and Botanical Gardens project is to continue economic growth with the East CRA and Atlantic Boulevard corridor. In the coming months, we look forward to announcing the restaurateur who will be operating the venue and to finalizing the configuration of the botanical gardens.”
thewestsidegazette.comAli Cultural Arts Center Presents The Melton Mustafa Orchestra
Ali Cultural Arts Center is thrilled to welcome The Melton Mustafa Orchestra to the stunning outdoor covered courtyard venue in Pompano Beach. The orchestra, started by the late Grammy® Award-winning artist Melton Mustafa, is now led by his son, Melton Mustafa, Jr., a renowned saxophone player. Mustafa also wrote and received a grant to start a community band at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center. The department programs and manages the City’s premiere cultural arts venues including the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, Ali Cultural Arts Center, Bailey Contemporary Arts Center, and the Blanche Ely House Museum. The department also oversees the City’s Public Art Program and the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town grant awarded to the Pompano Beach Crossroads place-making arts initiative.
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