Outside Activities You Can Do with Social Distancing
When the pandemic crisis fell upon most of thought it would be over soon. As we near almost a year since the quarantine began life is far from normal. Despite the fact that life has not resumed its normal course, it does not mean you have to sit idly by waiting for time to pass. […]
Oakland Park Commits to COVID Vaccine Distribution Effort
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 early this year, the entire world has held its breath for a vaccine. After 10 long months, the vaccine has arrived in the United States and now South Florida. According to a Oakland Park Mayor, Jane Bolin, the City of Oakland Park has been invited to participate in the cooperative […]
Insurance Scam Drives Up Price of Homeowners Insurance
If you are tuned in to NextDoor or other neighborhood apps or groups, people going door-to-door offering goods and/or services have become a weekly if not daily occurrence. Some of those door-knockers may be genuine, bonafide hardworking people looking for work, but in many cases they are not. In fact, recently a door-to-door scam has […]
Police Seeking Three Men in Oakland Park Flea Market Shooting
Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives are seeking the public’s assitance in finding three men involved in a deadly shooting at the Oakland Park Flea Market on Sunday December 13, 2021. If you recognize any of these three men, detectives ask that you contact homicide Detective Mirelle Palushaj at 954-321-4226. You may remain anonymous by reporting […]
Oakland Park Firefighters Bring Christmas To Family That Lost Everything
On November 30th, 2020 Kelli and Stephen Korman and their two daughters lives were changed forever when the apartment they were moving into caught fire. Just 25 days before the biggest holiday in the world they lost everything and did not know what to do or how they were going to bring Christmas to their […]
Home Prices at Oak Tree In Oakland Park Reflect Market Reality
For over 20 years the Oak Tree golf course in west Oakland Park has laid fallow. Years ago, Pulte, the home builder, acquired the property and began to plan a new homes development, Oak Tree. Pulte’s initial plan for the 139 acre site included over 800 homes. That plan was shot down by the City […]
Body Found in Oakland Park
At 11:41 am today BSO received a call regarding a body found at the corner of NW 21st Ave and Prospect Rd. More specifically on the northwest corner of the houses in Eastland Cove just east of the new Oak Tree development. Several police responded to the scene and remained there for at least 2 […]
Oakland Park Real Estate Third Quarter Report 2020
The third quarter of 2020 real estate statistics are in! In this article we will be looking at how Oakland Park real estate fared during the third quarter of 2020 while we were deep into the quarantine. When the quarantine first started we all held our breath; nobody knew how the housing market would react. […]
Motorcycle Crash Leaves One Man Dead in Oakland Park
On Saturday November 21 at around 6:18pm Broward County Regional Communications answered a call in which the caller reported an accident at 1300 E. Oakland Park Blvd in Oakland Park. The accident involved a 2003 Toyota Corolla, driven by 31 year old Joseph Laura IV of Oakland Park and a 2017 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle, driven […]
The Colors of HIV: Teaching About HIV through Art
We are currently in the middle of a worldwide pandemic and coping with it has been a challenge. But coping with a disease that is this widespread is not something. Many people have referred to the 1918 flu while at the same time forgetting the more recent AIDS pandemic. Perhaps because the latter was stigmatized […]
