The Boca Raton News, owned by the South Florida Media Company, was the local community newspaper of Boca Raton, Florida. The paper began publication December 2, 1955, with a startup circulation of 1200, published by Robert and Lora Britt, and edited by Margert Olsson. Initially a weekly publication, it later began daily operation.
Later self-titled The News, the paper attained a daily circulation of 35,000 throughout Palm Beach County, along with its website bocanews.com.
On Friday, August 21, 2009, The Boca Raton News staff was informed by its publisher that it would cease publication as of Sunday, August 23, 2009.
The Boca Raton Historical Society maintains a searchable digital archive of issues of The News from 1995 through 1970.
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““... I’ll talk to you, old woman, afterward.
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—Robert Frost (1874–1963)