By Larry Barszewski and John Pacenti
Tennis star Coco Gauff’s grandmother wanted to be a Delray Beach city commissioner — if only for a handful of meetings — but she and her supporters couldn’t get the commission to agree.
Yvonne Odom has been a resp
Visitors to a previous Delray Affair look at a Delray Beach Historical Society exhibit celebrating the Delray Affair’s start as the Gladioli Festival. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Coinciding with the 63rd Delray Affair, the Delray Beach Historic
Coco Gauff holds Jonathan Guerrier, 2, as she and the U.S. Tennis Association celebrate the opening of renovated tennis courts at Pompey Park in Gauff’s hometown of Delray Beach. Gauff’s 2023 U.S. Open championship gave her a say in which public cour
Bright hues on the way — North Federal Highway is getting more colorful: The first mural to go up along that thoroughfare received approval from the City Commission.
Four sides of the old gas station at 302 NE Sixth Avenue will be enlivened with the
ABOVE: Open tennis champion Coco Gauff leads her hometown parade as grand marshal of the annual holiday parade down Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. For her next big event, Gauff, 19, is entered in the Australian Open, which starts Jan. 14 in Melbour
Yvonne Odom with her granddaughter Coco Gauff, who holds her U.S. Open trophy during a visit home. BELOW RIGHT: Yvonne Odom, then Yvonne Lee, was the first Black student to attend Seacrest High (now Atlantic High), in 1961. Photos provided
By Brian B
The Delray Beach Tennis Center hosted the Delray Beach Open in February, with American Taylor Fritz (far court) defeating Miomir Kecmanović of Serbia for the title. The stadium will have Team USA vs. Austria in the Billie Jean King Cup in April, with
An ACCF student practices a coding workshop before meeting Coco Gauff via a Zoom call. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
As a professional tennis player and full-time remote student, Coco Gauff sees firsthand the ways technology benefits education.
While c
