DNA Identifies Suspect In 2010 Oakland Park Murder
A little over 12 years ago, on August 30, 2010, at approximately 11:53pm, BSO responded to a suspicious incident call on the 1300 block of NE 34th Street in Oakland Park. When the deputies arrived on site they met the caller. He had stopped by the residence at the behest of the victim’s domestic partner to check in […]
Oakland Park Celebrates Good Neighbor Day by Completing Several Good Works Throughout the Community
In the age of information technology in which we are living, 24 hours a day sometimes seems to be insufficient to do everything we have to do in such a short space of time. Absorbed in our thoughts – or rather, in the screens of our smartphones – we don’t realize that interpersonal relationships are […]
BSO Looking For 41-year-old Missing from Oakland Park
A man is missing from Oakland Park and the Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is asking for help locating him. 41-year-old Matthew Olesinski, who sometimes goes by the name Nadia, went missing from Oakland Park on Monday September 26th. That day, around 10 a.m. Olesinski was seen near 5757 N. Dixie Highway in Oakland […]
Broward County hosts the International Coastal Cleanup
Every third Saturday in September, for over 20 years, Broward County has participated in the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). This was the 37th year that millions of volunteers around the world tallied the trash found along beaches, streams, parks, and neighborhoods. Spearheaded by community school groups, non-profit organizations, town and city staff, local […]
BSO Seeks Public’s Help To Locate Man Missing from Oakland Park
BSO’s Missing Persons Unit is asking for public to help a man missing from Oakland Park, 36 year old Nikenson Cherichel. Detectives say Cherichel was last seen on Sunday September 18th at approximately 10 p.m., at the 1000 block of NW 42nd Court in Oakland Park. He left the area in a 2007 black Jeep […]
2023 Tentative Millage Rate and City Budget Clear First Reading
Oakland Park City Commissioners voted in a 5-0 vote, on first reading, to approve the tentative FY 2023 Millage Rate and OP City Budget at the September 7th meeting. This was the second of a 3-step process involving three separate meetings and votes: Proposed, Tentative, and then Final Millage Rate. There was a subsequent special […]
17 New Businesses in Oakland Park – August, 2022
18 new businesses that opened in Oakland Park, Florida in July of 2022
Maximizing Out of School Time (MOST) is Oakland Park’s Newest After-School Program
Nearly 7.7 U.S. children participate in after-school programs, but not all after-school programs are created equal. Finding an after-school program that helps your student further develop what they learn during the school day is challenging, and finding one that is affordable can be even more difficult. But if you are a resident of Oakland Park, […]
BSO Arrests Sexual Offender In The Vicinity Of Oakland Park Elementary
Sexual Predator Spotted Talking To Children On Thursday September 8th BSO Deputies responded to a call by concerned neighbors regarding a man that appeared to be trying to entice children to come to him. The incident occurred near the corner of N.E. 38th St and NE 3rd Avenue soon after students at Oakland Park Elementary had […]
Doula Martha Lerner: Empowering Women Through Their Childbirth Experience
Most women are understandably terrified of one of life’s biggest events: Childbirth. For Martha Lerner, Miami native, certified birth doula and self-described “birth nerd”, the study of childbirth was something in which she was always interested and about which she was always passionate. From an early age, she regularly took birth classes and studied breastfeeding […]
