🌱 How much are Coconut Creek drivers tracked by new police cameras?

Hey there, Coconut Creek! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How much are Coconut Creek drivers tracked by new police cameras?
• How does Coconut Creek stack up in this week's Broward Showcase preview?

Also on today's calendar: Westside Vision Roundtable - Help Shape The Future Of Oakland Park! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 80 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Humid with a t-storm or two, temps: high: 94, low: 78.
• Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 80 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Creeped out' or crime solvers? Flock cameras in South Florida a controversial tool (sun-sentinel.com) — Coconut Creek Police are among several South Florida agencies using Flock license plate cameras, a rapidly expanding crime-fighting tool that's raising serious privacy concerns. The system lets departments share vehicle data regionally and nationally, helping solve cases from shootings to dumping, but critics warn it enables mass surveillance and potential misuse, including immigration-related searches, with little public input or transparency about camera locations.
   

• Titletown South Florida: Previewing Broward Showcase and more (miamiherald.com) — High school football fans in Coconut Creek will see their team featured in the Broward Showcase as the Miami Herald's Titletown South Florida show previews True North's matchup against Coconut Creek. The episode also breaks down early-season rankings, big games like St. Thomas Aquinas vs. DeSoto, and profiles rising programs and players across South Florida, available to stream on YouTube and miamiherald.com.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Coconut Creek

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 27
• Westside Vision Roundtable - Help Shape The Future Of Oakland Park! →
  Lakeview Club Clubhouse, 2819 N Oakland Forest Dr, Oakland Park
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 27
• Varsity Football game vs. Miramar
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  7:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Boys Soccer (Track) conditioning
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  6:00 am
• Girls Volleyball Game vs. Plantation
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Boys Soccer (weight) Conditioning
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  6:00 am
• Cross Country Meet @ Quiet Waters
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  4:30 pm
• Girls Volleyball Game @ Spanish River HS (Times TBD)
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  4:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Swim Meet @ (Location TBD)
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  4:30 pm
• JV Football Game @ Blanche Ely HS
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• Partners in Progress: Education Community Impact Luncheon
  Coral Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce Fern Forest Nature Center 201 S Lyons Road Coconut Creek, FL, 33063
  11:30 am
• Zoning Appeals Special Master Meeting →
  Deerfield Beach Calendar Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
  2:00 pm
• 2026 Summer Golf League - Week 16 (GPBCC & City of Pompano Beach) May 14 - August 27
  Greater Pompano Beach Chamber See you at the course! Pompano Beach Municipal Golf Course 1101 North Federal Hwy. Pompano Beach, FL 33062 After-Golf Activity at Bru's Room 235 S Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, FL 33062 Bru's room is on the West side of Federal Hwy, 2 blocks south of A
  5:30 pm
• Varsity Football game vs. Miramar
  Monarch High Pompano Beach, FL 33073
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: 8/25: Today we tried another idea to get kitty back inside (video attached).
  Although it didn't work, she still walked the neighborhood with us again and voluntarily came inside this evening. After having some food, water, and… (Nextdoor Coral Gate)

• The Closet Factory, Inc. posted a job opening for Master Profile: Factory Worker in Deerfield Beach. Apply here.
• MCR Hotels posted a job opening for Part Time Weekend Night Auditor in Pompano Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Coconut Creek here.

🗞 Nearby News

Margate

• Cub Scouts Invite Margate Families to Join the Adventure (margatetalk.com)
• Capital Plan Uses Local Option Gas Tax Fund to Finance Road Projects (margatenews.net)
• Family Mourns Black Mom and 2-Year-Old Daughter Killed After Lightning Strike (blacknews.com)

Pompano Beach

• Pet Adoptions – Week of August 27th (newpelican.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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