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13644820092?profile=RESIZE_180x180The Junior League of Boca Raton has appointed Victoria Matthews as its president and has appointed a new board of directors.

The 2025-26 team was introduced at the league’s annual dinner meeting. Board members for 2025-26 include Debbie Abrams, Darin

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13644817291?profile=RESIZE_710xThe Boca Raton Historical Society’s signature food and wine event concluded its 22nd year with record-breaking attendance, exquisite vintner dinners and an unforgettable Grand Tasting, all in celebration of the city’s centennial. More than $200,000 w

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Tour participants take in the grandeur of the Cloister Inn, part of The Boca Raton resort. The 100-room inn, which opened Feb. 5, 1926, was designed and owned by renowned architect Addison Mizner. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

 

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13469189893?profile=RESIZE_710xWith Boca Raton’s centennial celebrations already in full swing, the Boca Raton Historical Society is joining the party.

It has created a glossy coffee-table book titled Dream City: A Pictorial History of Boca Raton that chronicles the city’s evoluti

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Honorees (l-r) Lisa Mulhall, Cynthia Krebsbach, Leon and Toby Cooperman, Dawn Friedkin, Mindi Fasnacht and Lisa Friedkin. The Friedkins accepted a posthumous award for Lora ’Skeets’ Friedkin. Photo provided

The annual affair of the Boca Raton Histor

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An ionic capital manufactured by Mizner Industries. Photo provided

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A new exhibit at the Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum coincides with the city of Boca Raton’s centennial and looks back on the continuing impact of city planner, indu

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13224576476?profile=RESIZE_710x(l-r) Vanessa Carosella, Joyce DeVita, Karen Sweetapple and Betsy Fletcher. Photo provided

Dozens of guests were dazzled by the grand-opening celebration of ‘Boca Raton 1925-2025: Addison Mizner’s Legacy.’

The exhibit, open to the public through May

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The design style of Boca Raton and much of south Florida comes from the work of Addison Mizner. Photo provided by the Boca Raton Historical Society

As the city gears up to celebrate its centennial in 2025, the Boca Raton Historical Society is contri

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The 2024 Read Together Palm Beach County book has been revealed.

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt was announced by the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County at the Mayor’s Literacy Initiative Luncheon.

The campaign aims to get adults

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12420290671?profile=RESIZE_710xDelray Beach police search Black men parked at the beach in 1956. Officials did not allow Black people on city beaches until 1962, slowly relenting in the face of negative national publicity. Photo provided by Delray Beach Historical Society

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Understanding our history is critical in today’s world.

Learning about the past helps us all to recognize our predecessors’ brilliant successes as well as their mistakes. Perhaps most important, we can identify the times when evil darkened the world

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12420220862?profile=RESIZE_710xThe letterhead from the Boca Raton Army Air Field illustrates the use of radar to protect Florida from German attacks. BELOW: Peter Barrett, in a uniform his mother sewed for him, stands with his sister, Martha, near their home in Boca Raton during t

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12280868063?profile=RESIZE_710xThe Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum celebrated its sold-out event that took attendees ‘all aboard’ on an historically rich ride to area restaurants for delicious bites and signature cocktails. It was a night to remember with stops at Sushi by Bou,

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To help prepare students for the 2023-24 school year, the Boca Raton Airport Authority had its sixth annual Back to School Supply Drive in collaboration with the Spirit of Giving Network.

The effort collected about $15,000 worth of items such as back

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10800129272?profile=RESIZE_710xThe Ocean City Lumber Co. property in Delray Beach, with its distinctive water tower and historical train depot, owed much of its preservation to Janet and Tim Onnen, who sold it in August. The original lumber company’s history dates to 1920. Photo p

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More than 400 wine enthusiasts enjoyed a two-day celebration of exquisite food and drink. The annual benefit for the Boca Raton Historical Society included five memorable vintner dinners and an amazing Grand Tasting. ‘As always, Boca Bacchanal was a

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10063279092?profile=RESIZE_710x10063290858?profile=RESIZE_400xThe Boca Raton Resort & Club, rebranded as The Boca Raton, includes the Cloister hotel in its original 1920s white color after decades in pink. RIGHT: Historic photos line the wall of a hallway near the entrance of The Boca Raton. Photos by Jerry Low

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