🌱 How bad is Pompano Beach’s smelly “seaweed tsunami” this week?
Pompano Beach, Florida Patch AM: a 5 min readHello Pompano Beach! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How bad is Pompano Beach’s smelly “seaweed tsunami” this week?
- How Pompano’s new Provident Place could reshape senior housing nearby
- How a small Haitian prayer group became a Pompano Beach institution
Also on today's calendar: The Kid Officer (A must see new film!) and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 90 and low of 78 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 90, low: 76.
- Sunday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 90 and low of 77 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Seaweed Tsunami Overwhelms South Florida Beaches with Foul Odor and Tourism Headwinds (nbcpalmsprings.com) — Pompano Beach’s shoreline is being smothered by a thick “seaweed tsunami,” forcing city crews into nonstop raking and even burying Sargassum under the sand to keep beaches usable. The rotting mats are creating foul odors, frustrating swimmers and tourists, and challenging local operations, even as nearby Fort Lauderdale experiments with composting the seaweed into soil to cut disposal costs. 
2. Pompano Beach Housing Authority Opens Provident Place, a New Seniors Complex (tapinto.net) — A new chapter in senior housing just opened in Pompano Beach with Provident Place, an affordable midrise community at 1300 NW 18th Drive backed by the city and county. Local leaders say it’s only the beginning, with hundreds more units plus new single-family homes and townhomes planned nearby, and a new Housing 360 initiative aiming to replicate this model across Broward County.
3. Five decades of Haitian faith in Pompano Beach (newpelican.com) — Pompano Beach’s First Haitian Baptist Church just marked 50 years as a spiritual home for generations of Haitian immigrants, from early worship in hot houses without air conditioning to today’s large cathedral. Members shared emotional memories of founding pastor Dr. Jacques Dumornay and celebrated how the church became a safe haven and cultural anchor, as current leaders look ahead to the next five decades.
4. A day in Hollywood Beach ends at edge of Everglades with blowtorch torture: feds (miamiherald.com) — Several young men accused in a brutal Hollywood-area kidnapping and torture case are currently being held at the Paul Rein Detention Facility in Pompano Beach, tying this high-profile investigation directly to the local jail. Federal prosecutors describe an elaborate setup that began near a beach resort and ended off U.S. 27, with defense attorneys already questioning why the case is in federal court.
5. How ICE uses mystery 'shuffle flights' to move — and break — detainees forced from N.J. (nj.com subscription) — An immigration detainee spent a month at Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach and was ultimately released at a local gas station with little more than his phone, ID, and $60. His story illustrates how ICE “shuffle flights” move people through distant facilities, often separating them from family and lawyers, before abruptly leaving them to find their own way home.
📸 Around Pompano Beach
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★ Featured events ★
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The Kid Officer (A must see new film!) →
Movies Of Delray, 7421 W Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach
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The Kid Officer →
Movies Of Delray, 7421 W Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach
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The Kid Officer →
Movies Of Delray, 7421 W Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach
12:00 pm
Friday June 12
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Other local events
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Remember the Times 2026 →
Pompano Beach Cultural Center, 50 W Atlantic Blvd, Pompano Beach
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Ann Storck Center's 40th Annual All Heart Volleyball Challenge →
Beach House, 270 N Pompano Beach Blvd, Pompano Beach
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Pompano Beach Brewing Company →
Pompano Beach Brewing Company, 3200 NW 23rd Ave Suite 500, Pompano Beach
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Next Stop Comedy →
Pompano Beach Brewing Company, 3200 NW 23rd Ave Suite 500, Pompano Beach
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GPBCC Board of Directors Meet
Greater Pompano Beach Chamber Pompano Beach Cultural Center 50 West Atlantic First Floor, Conference Room
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City of Margate Commission Meeting
Greater Pompano Beach Chamber Meetings are held in the City Commission Chambers at City Hall 5790 Margate Boulevard Margate, FL 33063
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Chamber Breakfast
Greater Pompano Beach Chamber South Bar & Kitchen 165 NE First Avenue Pompano Beach, FL 33060
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Leadership North Broward
Greater Pompano Beach Chamber Transportation pick-up and drop off at South Bar & Kitchen 165 NE First Ave Pompano Beach, FL 33060
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2026 Summer Golf League - Week 6 (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
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- Teamwork Online posted a job opening for Guest Service Ice Monitor Representative in Pompano Beach. Apply here.
- Sam's Club posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Pompano Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pompano Beach here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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