POMPANO BEACH — One hundred years ago, mail carrier James Edward Hamilton was killed in the waters of the Hillsboro Inlet while walking his route from Hypoluxo to Miami. On Oct. 11, 1987, a century to ...

This “mailman” delivered Saturday when he ran about 45 miles from Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade on his bare feet. Marc Drautz is not a U.S. Postal Service employee. But the avid runner and Boca ...

Readers: In January 1893, federal postal officials opted not to renew their 8-year old contract for Star Route #6451. Thus came to an end, 125 years ago this week, the venture of one of the most ...

The postal system is a small miracle. Planes, trains and postal automobiles bring letters around the country for less than a dollar. There’s also the matter of the role they play providing letters, ...

Editor's note: This story was excerpted and edited from an Eliot Kleinberg Florida Times column that originally ran in 2012. We've said it before: In South Florida, where some think nothing happened ...

The Barefoot Mailman will be delivering the message that Pompano Beach wants to send: This is a city for art lovers. On January 25, a 900-pound, 6-foot sculpture of the iconic South Florida figure was ...

Readers: Last week we revisited what’s perhaps the most beloved image of Palm Beach County history: the Barefoot Mailman. We mentioned a six-panel mural painted around 1940 by renowned Connecticut ...

With a name like The Barefoot Mailman, I just had to read this Authentic Florida book. One thing we all love about Florida is that we can walk barefoot--especially on the beach. I consider it one of ...

We’ve said it before: In South Florida, where some think nothing happened until Henry Flagler showed up, a century is a long, long, time. The story of the Barefoot Mailman is more than 125 years old!

West Palm Beach was incorporated in November 1894 to become the first municipality in southeastern Florida. Miami incorporated two years later. On Nov. 5, 1894, more than 80 of the roughly 200 ...

As part of our End of the Road series -- about the final 87 miles of I-95 -- we’ve asked a lot of questions: Why don’t people seem to get in trouble for speeding in the express lanes? What even is the ...

OK, it’s like 3,000 degrees out there. Nobody cares that this little truck with the windows open is hopscotching from mailbox to mailbox. And, when it’s not baking, it’s raining. Oh, and there’s that ...