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Music Festival To Be Held at Tequesta Sandbar

The third annual Pontiki Conch Bar Jam music event will be held on Saturday at the Tequesta Sand Bar. Located on the Intracoastal Waterway just north of Indiantown Road, the event will feature music by Big Vince and the Phat Cats, Moska Project, and Seagrape Shouldjah's. There will also be a BBQ featuring Cheney Brothers, Confederate Smoke Competition, and Tree Locators.

Each year the festival picks a charity to recieve a portion of the proceeds. This year they have chosen the Big Dog Ranch Rescue which is a unique no-kill dog rescue located in Wellington. Big Dog's mission is to provide shelter, care, and affection to homeless and unwanted dogs of all breeds and to adopt them out to loving homes.

Tickets for the event start at $10 for…

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150 - 300 CATTLE ON INDIANTOWN ROAD

Back in the early 1960’s, cattlemen would drive herds down Indiantown Road from Pratt & Whitney towards the Burt Reynolds Ranch in Jupiter Farms.  Florida had an outbreak of “fever ticks” that was deadly to cattle.  Florida’s cattlemen began to lose cattle and their means to make a living.

The southern fever tick epidemic was introduced to Florida from Texas cattle and nearly cost the cattle industry $10,000,000. The USDA implemented a mandatory cattle-dipping program.  This was a period of “open range”, meaning no fence laws and the cattle roamed freely.

The Florida Cattleman’s Association also  supported “cattle dipping program”.  The dipping program required every cow in South Florida to be rounded up and drove to the nearest pen with a dipping solution…

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PROPOSED 350 HOME COMMUNITY in JUPITER

Rendering courtesy of the Palm Beach Post.

Divosta Homes has proposed a 350 home community with office and retail space west of I-95 in Jupiter.  Lakewood Development, a proposed community on 260 acres along West Indiantown Road across from Jupiter Country Club, will comes before the Jupiter Town Council on August 8.

The proposal calls for a 150,000 square foot research facility, a 6,000 square foot restaurant, convenience store and 20-pump gas station. Original plans submitted to the Jupiter Town Council also reflected a 100-room hotel, but it is no longer in DiVosta Homes plan.
 
The parcel of land is one of the last large, undeveloped parcels in Jupiter. The Lakewood project, is now on what is referred to as Parcel 19, was purchased by Jupiter 19…

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Tiger and Rory to Compete in 18-hole Match Play Event

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On October 28, world number one Tiger Woods and world number two Rory Mcllroy will compete in a one-day 18-hole match play event against each other in China.

It will be the second time the Jupiter Island resident and Palm Beach Gardens resident will face off in this format in front of a national and international audience. While the two have played numerous times in the Jupiter area since both moved to South Florida, they have only gone head-to-head once in a match-play event.

In 2012, Woods and Mcllroy competed in a pay-per-view event at Jinsha Lake International Golf Club just outside of Beijing with Mcllroy shooting a 67 to win by one shot.

While the talk in China this week is all about the Duel at Jinsha Lake Part II,…

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Jupiter Resident Sets Tournament Record in County Amateur Championship Win

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Mike Weeks of Jupiter stood over his bogey putt on the 54th hole with a chance to record three consecutive rounds of 67. While he missed the putt (he shot a 68) his three day total of 202 was not only good enough to win the 38th Palm Beach Kennel Club County Amateur Championship, it was also good enough to break the tournament record.

“It’s a huge relief,” said Weeks, 49, the membership director at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach. “People have been telling me for years that this was a tournament I should win, it’s a tournament I’ve wanted to win, and now I’ve finally did it.”

He broke the previous record of 203 set by Erik Downs of West Palm Beach in 2010. With the win, Weeks was also…

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REPLACING UNDERWATER POWER CABLES

Florida, Power & Light will be replacing feeder lines, cables that provide electricity to local barrier islands, as needed. Palm Beach, Jupiter Island and Singer Island are some of the barrier islands within the state of Florida that will have the cables replaced.  Years ago, Florida, Power & Light buried the cables under the floor of the Intracoastal Waterway.  These cables fee electricity from the mainland to the barrier island and all the residents.  Overtime, shifting currents and sand have exposed many of the cables.

FPL plans on replacing one cable per year.  Substituting cables will cost from $1 million to $3 million each. By replacing the cables, it enables them to deliver power as well as reroute power around trouble spots to strengthen the system…

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Houston Astros Committed to Palm Beach Gardens Spring Training Facility

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After visiting spring training locations in Arizona last week, officials with the Houston Astros have committed to trying to get a spring training facility built in Palm Beach Gardens.

“Our focus is making a deal in Palm Beach Gardens. We are not looking anywhere else,” said Giles Kibbe, the general counsel to Houston Astros owner Jim Crane.

The proposed spring training facility would be off of Central Boulevard on the north side of 117th Court North on an 82-acre piece of county owned land. The biggest variable in getting the stadium approved is the estimated $100 million cost to build the facility. The state would pay for half of the cost but the city and county would need to come up with the other $50 million.

The…

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Swings and Wings Event Comes To Roger Dean Stadium

On Saturday July 20, Roger Dean Stadium in Abacoa will present Swings and Wings, a night of baseball and chicken wings.

Swings and Wings will feature a wing cook off where local participants get to put their wings up against the competition with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners announced. The judges of the cook off will be a mixture of local radio hosts and fans.

All this will be taking place while the home town Jupiter Hammerheads takes on the Tampa Yankees in Florida State League play.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door and Florida State League season ticket holders can purchase tickets for $18. The price of the event includes a ticket for the baseball game, all-you-can-eat wings from the cook off, and once complimentary beverage.

The first…

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Refine Your Boating Skills and Knowledge!

When you think of south Florida the image wide water vistas, endless traversable waterways, gorgeous beaches and boats flood your mind. For a long time, south Florida has been known as a top boating destination among the world. Whether it is the Keys, Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Jupiter, you will not be disappointed. 

Magazines and websites have cities like Jupiter, Fort Lauderdale and Stuart on their “Top Places to Live & Boat” in the entire nation. Boating Magazine named Fort Lauderdale the top 5 boating city to live in the USA. A large number of homes in Jupiter are on the water. It almost seems like boats are more popular than cars! It’s no question that boating and fishing are a prevalent characteristic of the south Florida lifestyle.

So, if you…

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BOCA BURGER BATTLE…A GRILLING AFFAIR

Tickets for the second Annual BOCA BURGER BATTLE are on sale now!  The affair has drawn grilling sensations from all over Palm Beach County and South Florida’s top chefs.  People, as far north as Stuart and Jupiter, make the drive to Boca Raton for this culinary feast of burgers, veggie burgers, and little burger bites.   The event takes place at Sanborn Square Park, Downtown Boca Raton, 100 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton from 6pm – 10pm.
 
This community event features a “backyard b.b.q.” theme that not only highlights some of the best beef, fish, turkey and vegetarian burgers around; it also has an array of summer food tastings and gourmet samplings. French fires, onion rings, tropical salads, chicken wings, plenty of adult beverages and beer will…

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