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Edition 720 - 1
The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
East and West Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth, Deerfield Beach
Number 720 • Year XVI
Centennial Drone Show Highlighted Boca Firsts By Marci Shatzman
May 29 - June 5, 2025
A Centennial Miracle: First Baby Born in Boca Raton on City’s 100th Birthday See Page 8
Thousands of people gathered around the lake at Boca Raton Innovation Center Sunday night to watch Boca Raton’s Centennial Celebration Drone Shows and Fireworks. By 7 p.m. hundreds of families with their own chairs and pushing strollers had already staked out their spot to watch the sky as the sun went down. Young kids played ball on the lawns that were soon filled with spectators, and parents introduced toddlers to the lakeside ducks.
Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton Fund Awards $100,000 in 2025 Grants to 19 Local Nonprofits See Page 12
Then DJ Steve Love turned up the volume from his tent so the growing crowd could sing along while they waited for the first of two drone shows to start. By 8:20, emcee WPBF TV chief meteorologist Cris Martinez said it was “time to light up the sky,” and Boca Mayor Scott Singer paid tribute to the city’s “past and our future” in the century since it was founded.
Victor Couto, 18, of Boca Raton, Celebrates Birthday With a Podium Finish and Raises Awareness for Polio Eradication
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