The competition is on! 

Margate Senior Games has been a community fixture since 1979 and even attracts residents from neighboring cities. 

The events are for seniors who are at least 60 years young. 

Events run March 2 through March 6 and include horseshoes, billiards, shuffleboard, Rummikub, dominoes, golf putting, basketball free-throw shooting, and Wii bowling. Teams compete in pétanque, bocce, pickleball, and mixed doubles tennis. 

Medals will be awarded to the 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-place winners at the Awards Ceremony on March 9. 

Seniors have until Feb. 23 to register for the games at www.margatefl.com/seniorgames.

* UPDATED: The program is now closed for new applications.

Margate's Property Improvement Grant, designed to make the city more beautiful, will be open for new applications beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 9.

The program provides 50% reimbursement up to $10,000 for improvements to single-family properties or multi-family (individually owned) homesteaded properties.

It also provides a 50% reimbursement grant of up to $50,000 for commercial or multi-family properties, common areas, and building exteriors owned by condominium or homeowner associations.

Eligible improvements include exterior lighting and painting, landscaping, roofs (if it is visible from the right-of-way), some types of fencing, doors and windows, driveway replacements, and more.

Properties listed for sale, in foreclosure, that have liens or are not homesteaded are not eligible.

Visit margatefl.com/PIP for more information on this program.

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The City Commission has approved a special treat for young athletes!

New sign-ups for all youth sports (baseball, softball, soccer, and basketball) will receive a free admission voucher to Calypso Cove, the city's family-favorite aquatic center.

Calypso Cove reopens just in time for spring break, with daily admission opportunities from March 14 to March 22. Enjoy the waterpark!

A state bridge that connects Margate to neighboring cities is now named for a fallen soldier.

U.S. Army SPC Daniel Agami, who attended the Hebrew Academy in Margate in elementary school, was killed with four other soldiers in a Humvee while patrolling Adhamiyah, Iraq, on June 21, 2007. He was 25 years old.

On Dec. 16, 2025, he was remembered by his parents, siblings, and a fellow soldier for his compassion, strength, love of America, and character during a formal naming ceremony, a joint effort by three cities, Broward County, and the state of Florida.

The bridge along State Road 7 over Sample Road is now named the SPC Daniel J. Agami Bridge.

The bridge, said his sister Shaina Agami, is symbolic of connection. The bridge physically connects Margate, Coconut Creek, and Coral Springs, but Daniel himself was a bridge whose light touched everyone who knew him.