Walking tour participants pause at the site of the Orange Grove House of Refuge while local historian Tom Warnke (green cap) describes its history as the first building in the Delray Beach area. The shelter for shipwrecked sailors was built in 1876.
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The Bel Lido neighborhood in 1963 before homes were built.
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Sun bathers enjoy Boca Raton's surf.
1920s land boom accounts for why so many places are marking their 100th birthdays
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By Rich Pollack
It’s not often that Highland Beach residents get a chance to rub shoulders with the town’s movers and shakers all in one place, but that’s what will happen early next month at the annual Mingle & Jingle holiday gathering, which will a
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
By Mary Hladky
The historic Singing Pines Children’s Museum building will move to Meadows Park despite pleas by museum lovers to keep it at its current location near Boca Raton City Hall.
The City Council unanimously voted on Aug. 27 to reverse a dec
Letter carrier DD Price shares a laugh with Mavis Benson at the Avalon Gallery on Atlantic Avenue.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed round
At 104, Marjorie Beall attributes her longevity to a healthy diet, plenty of exercise, and a love of hot tea and murder mysteries. Photo provided
By Jan Engoren
Marjorie Beall, who turned 104 on Aug. 10, is an ideal illustration of aging well and co
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By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton. Boca Ratone. Boca de Ratones.
That isn’t a conjugation of the city’s name, just a sampling of the variations that have appeared over time.
It’s sa
TOP: Evergreen is one of the oldest cemeteries in South Florida. BELOW: Landy Mizell, pastor at Maranatha Bible Church, photographs the Lyman family headstone in April at the cemetery. Photos by Tim Stepien/Coastal Star
Lantana cemetery gets makeover
By Rich Pollack
It finally happened.
After 33 years and two unsuccessful attempts to rid the town of an outdated $350,000 spending limit that couldn’t be adjusted for inflation, Highland Beach town leaders now have the green light to spend more than
The historic Singing Pines building that housed the former Boca Raton Children’s Museum will be moved along with two other old homes. 2018 file photo
By Mary Hladky
Three buildings that have long housed the Boca Raton Children’s Museum near City Hall
Longtime Boca Raton City Manager Leif Ahnell, who retired Dec. 31, shares a light moment with his deputy and successor George Brown during an event for city staff. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton has profoundly changed over the last 24 years
ABOVE: A private jet taxis past part of the 135-foot-long mural that shows air traffic control and a burrowing owl. BELOW: The toothy expression on the front of a fighter plane pays homage to the years the airfield was a military training ground. It
Women of the Ladies Improvement Association gather in 1913 in front of the Town Hall they founded in 1906. Photos courtesy of the Delray Beach Historical Society
A look at the adventurous women who set out to change Delray in the early 1900s
By Kayl
During a break in the Sept. 9 meeting, Rita Taylor leans on the dais to chat with a few of the Gulf Stream commissioners about her retirement plans. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Town clerk’s retirement after decades of service brings outpouring of gr
By Larry Keller
Rob Patten recalls the first time he stepped foot on Beer Can Island. “I thought if I was a homeless person, I could make a fortune selling aluminum cans. It was just a huge party island. Litter was everywhere. Biologically speakin
History is hard.
What passes as history is most often written by those with the means to quickly share their view of events with a wide audience. Often that means newspapers.
In 1943, journalist Alan Barth called news “the first rough draft of history
By Steve Plunkett
An indigenous tribe that populated what is now Ocean Strand is casting a centuries-old shadow over plans to quickly turn the land into a minimal park.
An archaeology team’s discovery of an ax-like adze, fashioned from a whelk shell
Anglers at the Keese boathouse, in Lantana’s south cove, display sharks they caught around 1940. Photo provided by Local History Archives
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