DELRAY BEACH — Robert “Bob” Gregor Currie, a proud resident of Delray Beach for 50 years, died Oct. 11 following a lengthy battle with cancer. He had turned 80 in July.An architect by degree, Currie received his bachelor’s from the University of Minn
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Like its predecessor, the year-old 100-foot tree dominates the Delray Beach skyline. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The 100-foot Christmas tree went up before Halloween this year, but it’s the same time as last year, said Stephanie Immel
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach can now boast it has two historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places.
The newest register listing came in mid-March when the National Park Service, which keeps the Historic Places list, decided that the O
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will soon be able to boast that it has two historic districts on the National Register.
The Old School Square Historic District, with 119 contributing structures, received unanimous approval Nov. 30 from the Florida Nationa
Roberto Bentez and Roberto Baster, Meisner Electric employees, use a cherry picker
to construct the 100-foot Christmas tree at Old School Square on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach.
Building the tree is a monthlong community event that brings together
By Jane Smith
City leaders want to reclassify some “agencies” that receive taxpayer dollars as “service providers.”
“We need to move away from using ‘nonprofit status’ to describe them,” Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein said in mid-Nov
Rob Steele, who is one year into his job as president and chief executive officer of Old School Square
in Delray Beach, stands with ‘Field of Blue’ at the square. The sculpture, unveiled in 1996,
is of a boy holding a U.S. flag and honors people in u
By Jane Smith
Under a new special events policy, city taxpayers will soon stop subsidizing private special events in Delray Beach.
Mayor Cary Glickstein praised the special events task force that developed the policy for staying focused on esta
More than 200 bicyclists are expected in Delray Beach’s Ride of Silence, part of an annual event to honor cyclists killed or injured while riding.
The worldwide event will begin at 6 p.m. May 18. It will be a 10-mile ride starting and ending
The Delray Beach Drug Task Force is hosting “SUD Talks,” a discussion about substance abuse issues featuring speakers expert on the subject.
The SUD, or substance use disorder, talks will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Old Schoo
By Jane Smith
After months of butting heads on the future of the Old School Square grounds, the City Commission and Community Redevelopment Agency board sat down and agreed to redo the process to upgrade the green space, often called the “Cent
The museum building anchors Old School Square, now the cultural hub of Delray Beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
For three and a half years, Frances Bourque and a small but tireless group worked on an enormous undertaking — which man
Love was in the air at a black-tie affair honoring Frances Bourque, founder of the center at Old School Square, and raising $57,000 for events, exhibits and educational opportunities. Broadway star Christine Andreas performed.
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