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Margate, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Margate! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • See which Margate police leaders just earned major career honors
  • What Margate’s narrow City Center vote means for downtown’s future
  • How a Margate traffic stop uncovered a lunchbox of hard drugs

Also on today's calendar: Dinner with New Friends: Margate | Make Connections! and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 89 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, temps: high: 88, low: 75.
  • Monday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 76 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Margate Police Honor Major Banatte and Lieutenant Hofer for Decades of Service (margatetalk.com) — Margate residents can read how two longtime police leaders, Major Alain Banatte and Lieutenant Lori Hofer, were formally honored this week for decades of service to the city’s department. The recognition at the September 16 meeting highlighted their career milestones, specialized assignments, and awards, underscoring the stability and experience within Margate’s law enforcement leadership.
   

• Three Termed Out City Commissioners Approve City Center Phase 1 for Downtown (margatenews.net) — Margate’s Community Redevelopment Agency has narrowly approved the phase one conceptual design for the new City Center downtown, allowing detailed plans to move forward on city-owned land along State Road 7 and Margate Boulevard. The 3–2 vote followed heated debate over public costs, incentives, small-business impacts, and whether the project feels like a true downtown or just a strip plaza with apartments.
   

• Police: K-9 Discovers Lunchbox Full of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Hundreds of Pills During Traffic Stop (margatetalk.com) — A recent Margate traffic stop near North State Road 7 and Royal Palm Boulevard led police and a K-9 to a lunchbox allegedly packed with fentanyl, cocaine, ketamine, and hundreds of pills. A Boca Raton man was arrested after officers reported finding large quantities of suspected narcotics and paraphernalia in his truck, with the case now in the court system.
   

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    They are adaptable native wildlife that play an important ecological role. Habitat loss, misunderstanding, and lethal control continue to put… (Nextdoor Coral Cay Plantation)
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    She got 2 notices and still made no attempt to pay .The 3rd was a court order.She went and was told that a lien will be placed on her property and… (Nextdoor Oriole Gardens)

🗞 Nearby News

Coconut Creek

  • K-9 Helps Coconut Creek Police Arrest Two Suspected Burglars at Former Bru's Room (coconutcreektalk.com)
  • Classic Car Show Returns to Coconut Creek's Promenade Sept. 26 (tapinto.net)
  • Coconut Creek Crime Blotter: Police Investigate Strong-Arm Robbery (coconutcreektalk.com)

Coral Springs

  • Coral Springs' Next Diverging Diamond Interchange: Where the Coral Ridge Drive Project Stands (tapinto.net)

Ok Margate! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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