Nightclub Was Hangout For Celebs
Readers: I’m diverting from my usual “Q&A” format for a guest column from Vincent J. O’Hara III of Delray Beach: “Sixty-one years ago this Independence Day weekend (in 1944), O’Hara’s, the...
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Big Names Drew Impressive Crowds
In honor of Black History Month, we’re revisiting local people or places that have made historical contributions. The Sunset, built in 1925 at Eighth and Henrietta streets in West Palm Beach, drew the...
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Diary of a College Beauty: UF’s first homecoming queen shares her memories of...
It’s good to be queen. Even if that shining moment happened 56 years ago. Carolyn Stroupe was a junior in 1953 when she became the University of Florida’s first homecoming queen. The Palm Beach High...
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Did YOU make history?
Check out the dust-jacket of Palm Beach County’s official centennial scrapbook. (Click the image to see a larger version.) Here’s a list of who’s who on the cover, and keep reading below to see a list...
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A pirate looks at 63: Jimmy Buffett’s birthday is Dec. 25
By Michelle Quigley Jimmy Buffett turns 63 on Christmas Day. That’s a pretty long way from 40, but to some of us, it seems like only yesterday that we heard Come Monday for the first time. This 1974...
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Zora Neale Hurston, Jan. 7, 1891 – Jan. 28, 1960
A half century ago this week, a former maid who’d dabbled in writing was buried in a Fort Pierce pauper’s grave. It’s only in the past few decades that Zora Neale Hurston earned the adulation she never...
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Local legend maintains Jupiter ties
Feb. 11 is a big candle day for a local legend: Burt Reynolds turns 75. The man who might be this area’s most famous celebrity wasn’t even born in Florida. In fact, despite making his reputation in...
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This week in history: President Kennedy spends the last weekend of his life...
President John F. Kennedy arrived at Palm Beach International Airport for the last time on Nov. 15, 1963 for a weekend trip that included a visit to Cape Canaveral. Click on the images to browse the...
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West Palm Beach’s Kravis Center marks 20 years
The Kravis Center turns 20 this week. The 10.6-acre complex “on the hill” at Okeechobee Boulevard and Tamarind Avenue, west of downtown West Palm Beach, has become such an icon that few bother to still...
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Our history in photos: Elvis!
Jan. 22, 1977: Hundreds of people waited in line in 30-degree temperatures to buy tickets for Elvis Presley’s Feb. 13, 1977, performance at the West Palm Beach Auditorium, in what would be the King’s...
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