Oakland Park Man Killed In Scooter Accident

Last night Oakland Parkers watched as Fire Rescue divers pulled the body of 29 year old Oakland Parker Frandy Colas from the lake at Royal Palm Park. On the heels of Colas’ death, another Oakland Park man, 24 year old, Andrew Scutt, lost his life in a scooter accident in his own backyard. Last night […]

Drowning in Royal Palm Park Shocks The Community

At approximately 7pm Tuesday September 29th, 2020 a BSO helicopter was heard flying above the north side of Royal Palm Park in Oakland Park. In front of the park and in the parking lot were Oakland Park Fire Rescue and several BSO officers. The helicopter, BSO and Fire Rescue were intently looking in the lake […]

Petition for Speeding Control Measures Revived After Hit and Run

On the evening of September 15th, 2020 Norman Fialkowsky witnessed the unthinkable. Right before his eyes a Toyota Tacoma truck ran over a young boy and sped off. Norman expressed his rage and utter disgust for this callous act in the Living in Oakland Park Facebook group:“Freaking piece of shit in a grey Toyota Tacoma […]

Why Did The Car Drive Into The House?

Yesterday at approximately 4:00pm, residents of Whispering Lakes in Oakland Hills in west Oakland Park were stunned when a silver Yukon SUV sped through the neighborhood and crashed right in the middle of a house at the end of a cul-de-sac.  Dulce Avila, a 31 year resident of the neighborhood and the City of Oakland […]

Oakland Park Saddened by the Loss of Wilton Manors Mayor

A sense of shock and surprise filled the hearts of Oakland Parkers last night and this morning when they heard that Wilton Manor’s Mayor Justin Flippen had died suddenly on his way to a commission meeting. At first it was thought that Mayor Flippen had suffered a massive heart attack. Later it was determined that […]