By Emily J. Minor
Feeling old, like you’ve lived in Florida since the beginning of time?
Think again.
Human bones unearthed at an ocean-side estate construction site in Delray Beach are those of an adult and an adolescent and are probably ab
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The current Lake Worth bridge (above) was built in 1973 to replace the concrete bridge built in 1937 (below).
Photo by Tim Stepien
By Tim O’Meilia
In the mid-1910s, when Lake Worth city fathers figured it was time for a handsome wooden bridge to r
ABOVE: Bethesda Memorial Hospital opened in 1959 with 70 beds and 32 physicians.
Firstborn remains impressed with hospital | Phantom of the Opera theme | Meet the Co-Chairs
By Paula Detwiller
As supporters of Bethesda Memorial Hospital clink cockt
Manalapan’s police history
1931 —Town of Manalapan created by Commodore Harold Vanderbilt
1935 — Manalapan creates its Police Department and names Robert D. Wertz police officer and town clerk.
1938 — After being hired as a seasonal police officer, M. D
The current Ocean Avenue Bridge was built in 2001 in Boynton Beach. The first span was built in 1911. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Tim O’Meilia
Perhaps it was the drowning of a 19-year-old girl in 1909 as she tried to ferry across what was called the
By Ron Hayes
Would you spend a little time to give the past a future?
In 1986, the Delray Beach Historical Society created a time capsule to mark the city’s Diamond Jubilee.
Among other items, the capsule held a cassette tape from C. Spencer
More than 60 years after it was built, Wright-by-the-Sea still is owned by the same family, and welcomes back many of the same guests each year. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Mary Jane Fine
Here’s what it is: an oceanfront motel on A1A in Delray Beach, one
How do you persuade someone to spend about $5 million?
Commissioners pondered the question at their July 5 meeting as they heard a staff report on the future of the historic 1927 Boynton Beach High School building.
The city has
Left: Ye Tower Restaurant was a landmark along Dixie Highway in southern Lantana. Paul Dunbar operated the restaurant from 1925 until it was torn down in 1987. Photos courtesy of the Lantana Historical Society
By Liz Best
When the red
By Paula Detwiller
They called her “the holdout.”
The year was 1997, and the city of Delray Beach wanted to take Pat Healy-Golembe’s historic house by eminent domain to expand a parking garage near the beach. She said “no sale.”
The developer proposed
The old Boynton Beach high school’s hallowed halls could someday become home to a hospitality establishment, a group of small businesses or even another education provider — and commissioners are pushing to make that happen soo
Organizers said the ‘Old Delray’ evening was a resounding success. Underwriters included The Corcoran Group, The Colony Hotel, Cafe Luna Rosa, Weekes and Callaway, Kientze Jewelers and several individuals.
Enjoying the evening were:
The Bank of Boynton building, on the south side of Ocean Avenue. Photos courtesy of the Boynton Beach City Library Archives
1915 — Bank of Boynton opens on the south side of Ocean Avenue between the FEC railroad tracks and Federal Highway. The first
Timeline | Changes ahead for Sunshine Square
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
After housing five different banking entities over the past 37 years, the building at Ocean Avenue and Federal Highway in Boynton Beach will close. And the Bank of Americ
It’s been said that the past holds the key to the future. If that’s true, Boynton Beach is propelling itself forward — while safeguarding its past.
Historic preservation efforts have taken center stage since the City Commission unanimous
For four and a half hours on Saturday, March 26, about 40 men and women who could have been enjoying the breezy spring weekend gathered at the Boynton Beach library to give their city a brighter future in sync with its past.
On paper, they
Roy Simon (left) and his brother Ernie (far right) — with assistance from Amanda Herrick and daughter Laura Simon — entertained the crowd at Boston’s with stories of their childhood in Delray Beach. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Paula Detwiller
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