The Abacoa Golf Course is known as one of the best public golf courses in Southeast Florida and truly rivals many private courses. More than simply an amenity to the Abacoa neighborhood, the Abacoa Golf Club is intended to be a community resource. The golf course is an asset that can be shared with the entire community not just Abacoa residents. It is a public course, without membership requirements. Everyone is welcome!

The Abacoa Golf Course was the last course designed by renowned golf course architect, Joe Lee, before his passing. In classic Joe Lee style, Abacoa’s “lakes and bunkers meet its sloping fairways with little obstruction, and you’ll find scenic views with 14 of its 18 holes surrounded by water”.  All these features make the tees,…

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The Town of Jupiter is always looking for ways to help our town and our environment. Recently, Town officials have installed four clean up station at four local parks to help nature and the environment by reducing the amount of litter and debris.

Jupiter has partnered with the Beach Bucket Foundation as part of their 2021/2022 Strategic Plan. The mission of the Beach Bucket Foundation is the create awareness and community involvement in helping the preservation of our beaches and ocean.

The Town Council identified clean up areas and activities along the waterfront and park as one of their initiatives this year. In partnership, the town installed four clean up stations at four local parks and waterfront areas for the public to help with the…

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Here are three wildlife sanctuaries you can visit in Palm Beach County...

The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, 2500 Park Drive in Jupiter is a great place to visit. Here, there are nature trails where you may spot deer.  The enclosed sanctuary areas contain otters, alligators, turkeys, turtles, panthers, bald eagles and more. The sanctuary also rehabilitates wild animals and cares for those that have injuries too severe to be reintroduced back into the wild. You can see these animals and learn a lot from the different exhibits and tour for a small donation.  Busch Wildlife Sanctuary if open to the public, Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. rain or shine!

The McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary, 12943 61st Street North in West Palm Beach rescues…

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Outdoor dining is one of the many things that makes living in Palm Beach County so fun and you can find some of the best of it at Guanabana’s in Jupiter.  All seating is “al fresco” and in a tropical tiki-themed waterfront venue. Sitting directly on the Intracoastal Waterway enjoy everything from fresh seafood to awesome live music.  Guanabanas truly is a "taste of paradise" and has been named “Florida’s Top Waterfront Bar” by the website Onlyinyourstate.com.

Guanabanas provides patrons with an extraordinary outdoor dining experience.  Experience a delicious lunch or dinner, or just cocktails and music in tropical forest themed eatery.  The atmosphere cannot be beat.  The outdoor eatery uses exotic and local area plants, trees, and foliage to…

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On select Saturdays and Sundays, The River Center in Jupiter teams up with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary “Flotilla 52” to provide Boating Safety Classes targeted for young boaters in our community. The class is aimed for young boaters, but all boaters are welcomed to join and learn more about the safety on the water.

The classes are taught in a lecture style and the classes are provided to the community through a generous sponsorship by the AustinBlu Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness and promoting educational programs to enhance boater safety.

The Boating Safety Course will be this Saturday and Sunday, April 17th and 18th. The two-day course will be completely virtual and can be taken from anywhere. The course…

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Just one year after turning pro, Jupiter Island resident Tiger Woods wins the 1997 Masters, shooting a then scoring record 18-under par for the week. The youngest person ever to claim the Green Jacket, Tiger won by a Masters record 12 shots, a record that still stands today.

Woods has since gone on to win the Masters 4 more times, with the latest being in 2019.

Woods' Scores In His 5 Masters Victories Are...

  • 1997:  270 (-18)
  • 2001:  272 (-16)
  • 2002:  276 (-12)
  • 2005:  276 (-12, won in playoff)
  • 2019:  275 (-13)

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United Technologies (UTC) opened a showcase campus over a year ago that has already brought 380 new jobs to Palm Beach Gardens. The impressive 224,000 square-foot, glass-enclosed building is a museum-like designed facility showcasing the best new technology from around the world that is designed to reduce energy use in big buildings.

The Carrier Center for Intelligent Buildings is a first-of-its-kind technology, innovation and collaboration center showcasing Carrier products and integrated systems. The building, located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, features solutions and interactive displays from our brands, bringing to life all the manners in which a building can interact and make it possible around the world.

This display includes…

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Music venues got the okay to reopen and concerts and musical events will be returning to West Palm Beach this June. The iThink Financial Amphitheatre (formally The Coral Sky Amphitheater) will soon be welcoming musical guests and concert goers.

Shows and concerts are scheduled to start this summer beginning in June. The concerts will begin with reduced capacity of 75% or 15,000 people and new this year, all tickets will be digital and contactless.

Tickets are on sale now for the upcoming concerts and music events coming to the iThink Financial Amphitheatre.

Concerts Coming to the iThink Financial Amphitheatre this summer:

June 2021:

Backstreet Boys: June 23rd

The Black Crowes: June 26th

July 2021:

The Doobie Brothers and Michael…

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 The Robert Fontaine Gallery moved onto Worth Avenue in Palm Beach last month after being in the Miami area for 11 years. The Town of Palm Beach persists in attracting a growing flock of major art collectors. Changes in the art world, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have influenced this migration.

The gallery owner, Robert Fontaine, said the decision to move to 256 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach was somewhat based on the inability to find a space in Miami at a reasonable price.  Fontaine's gallery was in Miami's Wynwood art district for 6 years before moving to Miami Beach in 2017.  Because of the gentrification, it has been difficult for art galleries to find space without being priced out.

Fontaine is happy that the Town of Palm Beach has managed to…

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For six brown pelicans, freedom was only a few flaps of their wings away. Two adult and four juvenile pelicans were released back into the wild last week by Busch Wildlife Sanctuary.  Busch Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife hospital and education center headquartered in the Town of Jupiter since 1983.

For nearly two months, the pelicans were patients at the sanctuary's wildlife hospital. Some had been treated for injuries incurred after they became entangled in fishing gear. The others were treated for exhaustion because of migration.

The pelicans were transported to the beach at Carlin Park in small carriers, one bird per carrier. As soon as their doors were opened the pelicans immediately flew due east, landing softly on the flat, calm,…

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