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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…

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In 1967, Arvida tears down part of the original

Cloister to build the tower. It is the tallest structure

between Tallahassee and Miami at the time.

Photo courtesy of the Boca Raton Resort &…

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By Steve Plunkett



More than one snafu marred the straw poll on Gulf Stream’s underground utility project and the proposed referendum on annexing the county pocket.

A couple dozen straw ballots, including the one to Gulf Stream Civic Association President Bob Ganger, were chewed up in the mailing process and delivered in shreds in a plastic bag.

Town police officers were pressed into service to deliver reprinted ballots.

And some part-time residents’ forwarding addresses had… Continue

By Steve Plunkett

   

Mail carriers here will be extra-busy this month delivering straw ballots on burying Gulf Stream’s power lines, first-class notices on possibly annexing part of the county pocket and fliers from the Civic Association on both issues.

The straw ballots are due back at Town Hall by 2 p.m.

Feb. 7. The annexation referendum will be March 8 if the proposal survives two public hearings.

Residents will have to decide the issues on their own.

“Keep in…

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