8 new businesses that opened in Oakland Park, Florida in October of 2022
2022 City Commission Elections The Oakland Park City Commission is made up of 5 members chosen by residents. This year residents were charged with choosing two new Commissioners to fill the seats left empty by Jane Bolin and Michael Carn. Six candidates competed for the honor of serving: Steve Arnst, Fitzgerald Budhoo, Coby King, Tim […]
Train Strikes Car At approximately 8:00 am this morning at the intersection of Powerline and Prospect Roads the train track was shut down. On the south side of the intersection the Tri-Rail train was stopped. Soon after BSO and Oakland Park Fire Rescue arrived on the scene. A car had been hit by the train. […]
Yesterday, just after 5:00 am, a call came into Broward Regional Communications which reported crash involving a Tri-Rail train and a pedestrian. The crash occurred in the area of West Prospect Road and Northwest Ninth Avenue in Oakland Park. BSO deputies and Oakland Park Fire Rescue responded to the scene of the crash. At the […]
The Tell Tale Smell Of Gas Alerts A Concerned Citizen At 9:00 am this morning a concerned citizen reported the smell of gas near Forever Propane. Oakland Park Fire Rescue responded to the call. They determined that a gas leak was coming from an one of the delivery trucks parked in the driveway and not […]
Vision Becomes A Reality In December of 2007, the City of Oakland Park adopted a Comprehensive Facilities plan which was “… designed to provide a guide for the future physical, economic and social development of the City”. Since that time, the City and the different City Commissioners over the years have been progressively working on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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