Ron Standerfer, of Gulf Stream, looks over memorabilia and photos from his days as a fighter pilot for the U.S. Air Force. His adventures — and misadventures — were all fodder for his first novel, The Eagle’s Last Flight. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Sta
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The Delray Beach Historical Society and the Historical Society of Palm Beach County joined forces for a program celebrating the history of the Barefoot Mailman.
ABOVE: Arts Garage’s student band, Rogue Set, including keyboard player Maddox Kumar of O
While the beauty salon is still there, the Town Hall has replaced the food store at the south end of town. 1954 File photo courtesy Joan Nichols
By Tim O’Meilia
Briny Breezes celebrated its 50th anniversary as a town with a banner and a slide
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, built in 1860, is Palm Beach County’s oldest existing structure. Scott Simmons/The Coastal Star
Drive 50 miles north of Hillsboro Inlet and you’ll find the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum.
Which is taller?
Well, that depends
A memorial to the Barefoot Mailman stands at the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Drive north to visit, climb the area’s other lighthouse
By Ron Hayes
One hour before sunset on March 7, 1907, a former captain in the
Adolphus ‘Dolph’ Orthwein and Leverett Miller play polo at the old Gulfstream Polo.
Photos courtesy of the Orthwein family
By Tim Pallesen
Polo put the luster in Gulf Stream in the town’s early days.
Socialites, movie stars and even royalty flocked
Frances Hansen is the new executive director of the Delray Beach Historical Society. Rich Pollack/The Coastal Star
Clarification: A story in the February edition incorrectly implied that new Delray Beach
Historical Society Executive Director Frances
Plans call for the outdoor seating area of Gulf Stream School to be converted into a two-story pavilion with three classrooms. Rendering Provided
By Tim O’Meilia
Gulf Stream School, the only school on the barrier island between the Hillsboro Inle
This aerial view from a postcard shows La Coquille in the 1960s or ’70s. To the right is the intersection of A1A and Ocean Avenue.
Our private clubs: An occasional series
By Mary Thurwachter
Jet-setters flocked to Manalapan in 1952 when the La Coqu
The library groundbreaking on Southeast Fourth Avenue in 1949.
By Ron Hayes
On April 11, 1913, the Ladies Improvement Association of Delray gathered in their clubhouse at 419 E. Atlantic Ave.
The 40 ladies brought 40 books.
A library was
The Delray Beach Preservation Trust dedicated its message to the future in December, a time capsule that won’t be opened for a century.
The capsule, which is housed in the lobby of City Hall and celebrates the city’s centennial, contains photos of Del
By Rich Pollack
Two women who have been instrumental in creating historical archives in Boynton Beach and Delray Beach are, or soon will be ... well, history themselves.
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Last month, Boynton Beach’s historical archivist Janet DeVrie
See photos from the campaign trail past and present
By Tim Pallesen
The presidential candidates who created a stir in coastal south county this year are only the most recent to discover the political magic along State Road A1A.
Barack Obama staye
Mitt Romney leads the cheer in a football huddle with debate prep coach Sen. Rob Portman and his senior staff members. The game was held down the beach from the Delray Beach Mariott. Members of Romney’s traveling press corps formed the opposing team
The construction of a one-story residence on the Fontaine Fox House property was conditionally granted a certificate of appropriateness by Delray Beach’s Historic Preservation Board in July.
The residence at 605 Andrews Ave., which is west of the
The city of Delray Beach honored longtime historic preservationist Carolyn Patton with a proclamation on July 5. Mayor Nelson S. ‘Woodie’ McDuffie cited her work preserving Cason Cottage and the Franklin House, with special notice of her longtim
By Ron Hayes
On Dec. 1, 1953, somebody in Lake Worth said, “Let’s put on a show!”
Six decades later, the Lake Worth Playhouse is still putting on shows.
That first production was Springtime For Henry, and theater-goers had to climb three flights of stai
The Lansing Melbourne Group proposal shows glass enclosures and an outdoor garden.
Drawing provided
By Angie Francalancia
After 20 years of debating the fate of Boynton Beach’s Old High School, city leaders now are in a hurry to see it transformed in
The Delray Beach Club, located just south of Linton Boulevard, has provided beach and recreational activities to its members since 1969. Jerry Lower/ The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Stretching out on a chaise longue with a Kindle in your ha
Ora Sorensen created this year’s Delray Affair poster (left) and drew inspiration from the festival’s origins as South Florida’s Gladioli Festival and Fair.
By Mary Jane Fine
To say that the Delray Affair grew from the ground up but has flowered over
