Coffee With a Cop Bringing BSO and the Community Together
The relationship between authority figures and civilians, in various parts of the world, can be quite complicated. In the news we often see discord between citizens and police, and of people attacked or murdered by those who should play the role of protecting society. The other side of the coin, one that is not frequently […]
City Commission Approves CRA Budget and More
The Oakland Park City Commission voted 5-0 at the September 21st, 2022 City Commission Meeting, to approve the final FY 2023 Oakland Park City Budget, 2023 Millage Rate and 2023 Special Assessments. As reported here previously, the three-step process to review, amend and approve the FY 2023 Budget, Millage Rate and Special Assessments has now […]
The City of Oakland Park Kicks off the 2022 Local Government Academy Class
Have you ever wondered how your local government operates on a daily basis or why something at one of your public offices works a certain way? Many people keep up with local politics and community news, but they don’t actually know what happens behind the scenes of their city government. But, if you live in […]
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
