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TITANTIC VIOLIN BRINGS $1.6 MILLION at AUCTION

A violin, believed to have been played on the Titanic as it sank, was auctioned for more $1.6 million this past weekend.  The sea-corroded instrument is believed to have been belonged to bandmaster Wallace Hartley.  He was one of the disasters 1,500 victims.
 
As seen in the blockbuster film, “Titantic”, the band continued playing “Nearer, My God, to Thee” as passengers panic and the ship sinks into the icy waters.  The violin, with the inscription “For WALLACE on the occasion of our ENGAGEMENT from MARIA”, was believed to be strapped to the musician’s body in a leather case.  

The violin was returned to Hartley’s fiancée, Maria Robinson, in England in 1939.  After her death, it was donated to the Salvation Army Band and later passed on, eventually settling…

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MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK of PALM BEACH… SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013

Photo courtesy of ACS Making Strides Walk 2012.

Participate this Saturday in the fight to end breast cancer and join the American Cancer Society with the local “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” Walk of Palm Beach, Meyer Amphitheater, 104 Datura Street, West Palm Beach.  The event begins at 9:00am.  Register online, and get there early.

Your reason for participating in the walk may be as unique as the story that motivates you.  Perhaps you have been personally affected by breast cancer, you are a survivor, or maybe you have lost a mother or sister to the disease and are walking in her memory.  

American Cancer Society wishes to “express hope that this become breast cancer’s last century”.  Waterfront Properties and Club Communities have formed a “Team…

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WHY A PARKING GARAGE IN JUPITER INLET VILLAGE?

Concept photo courtesy of Town of Jupiter.

Many locals have been asking the question “why do we need a parking garage in charming Jupiter Inlet Village?”  The answer comes from Jupiter’s Town Council.  Several years ago, the Town Council put into place planning policies that would support a development pattern for our funky fishing village.  The idea was to fill the quaint area with limited height buildings, no taller than 3.5 stories. Additionally, the idea was to maintain the smaller, narrower streets with on street parking with different architectural designs for a variety of businesses and residential units keeping the “funky feel”.

When the Town Council met with the Community Redevelopment Agency, an important consideration was to minimize the potential…

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SAVING SEA TURTLES IS ALWAYS IN STYLE!

As anyone who lives in Palm Beach County knows, our beloved sea turtles are actively protected.  Raising awareness during nesting season is crucial to their survival.  The sea turtles recently received a tremendous amount of exposure this nesting season thanks to a series of events known as “Art Arribada”.
 
An “arribada” is a large aggregation of sea turtles coming ashore together to nest at the same time and the same place. The Gardens Mall, Palm Beach Gardens, and PNC Bank collaborated with Loggerhead Marine Life Center, Juno Beach, to raise funds for the center and important environmental programs. On display were fiberglass sea turtle sculptures, each created by students of participating high schools in Palm Beach County.  They were to transform the…

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18th ANNUAL LUXURY REAL ESTATE FALL CONFERENCE… ROB THOMSON…nominated MASTER NETWORKER

Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate announced the award nominees for the 18th Annual Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference with the debut of four new awards including Best App, Best Digital Marketing, Significant Sales Award, and Master Networker.  Waterfront Properties and Club Communities, Managing Partner, Rob Thomson has been honored with a nomination for the prestigious Master Networker award.  The awards are given to the Luxury Real Estate member or company who demonstrate excellence in said category.

The Fall Conference is held at the Ritz Carlton Buckhead, in Atlanta on October 6 – 9, 2013 and is one of the largest luxury specific real estate conferences in the world.  This conference is an opportunity for the finest luxury real estate brokers in the…

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COME OUT and ENJOY the RIVERWALK “HARVEST FEST”… SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013

Image courtesy of Riverwalk Events Plaza.

Harvest festivals are traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon.  This full moon occurs closest to the autumn equinox (about September 23). In two years out of three, the Harvest moon comes in September, but in some years in occurs in October.   The word harvest is from the Old English word “haerfest”, meaning autumn.  It came to refer to the season for reaping and gathering grain and other grown products. 

Here in the Jupiter/Tequesta area during harvest season the Town of Jupiter organizes Harvest Fest.  This year it is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 and is located under the Indiantown Road Bridge at US 1 at the Riverwalk Events Plaza from 1:00pm – 6:00pm.  Fun for the entire family! …

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Jack Nicklaus Joins the Golf Ball Business

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Jack Nicklaus has certainly left his stamp on the game of golf over the years. One of the best golfers every to play professionally, the Lost Tree resident holds the record for most major wins in a career at 18. In addition to his many accolades and place in the World Golf Hall of Fame, Nicklaus has been very active in golf course design since retiring. He has designed and built courses all over the world including the Bears Club in Jupiter and Murfield Village in Ohio, home to this week's Presidents Cup matches. Nicklaus can now add golf ball designer to all his other accolades as well.

The 18-time major winner announced on Monday that he is throwing his hat into the golf ball business with his release of the Nicklaus…

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WATERFRONT PROPERTIES TEAM MAKES A DIFFERENCE…BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

October is also referred to in America as National Breast Cancer awareness month.  It is an annual international campaign health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October worldwide to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.

Waterfront Properties and Club Communities is making a difference in our community against cancer.  One step at a time, with a opening donation of $10,000 to Susan G. Komen, South Florida Waterfront hopes to help heighten awareness about early detection and screening, improve treatment methods or help local people have a greater chance of survival.  All of the Waterfront Properties associates and employees will be in their “pink…

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NESTING GROUNDS

There are five different species of turtles that visit Florida’s beaches: loggerhead, green turtle, leatherback, hawksbill, and Kemp’s ridley.   Here on the Stuart, Jupiter/Juno and Singer Island area beaches we are fortunate to observe loggerhead, green turtle and leatherback turtle nesting sites.  A sea turtle’s life is challenging from the start.   It takes decades to reach maturity.  After mating at sea, the female returns to land.  She will make one to eight nests per season.  The nesting female will haul herself up onto the beach, generally at night, find suitable sand, and using her hind flippers dig a circular hole 16 to 20 inches deep.  She will lay soft-shelled eggs one by one until she has deposited all of her eggs (between 50 – 200 eggs…

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Lost Tree Golf Director Named South Florida's Top Golf Pro

Photo courtesy of South Florids Sports

Brian Peaper, Lost Tree Club's Director of Golf, has been named the 2013 South Florida PGA Golf Professional of the Year.

Peaper, whi played college golf at Ball State University and the University of Indiana, has been the Director of Golf at the North Palm Beach Club since 1996. While he competes in South Florida PGA senior events from time to time, Peaper has found more success off the links then on it.

“I went into the business side of golf out of college,” Peaper said, “but it was different then. There are weather issues in Indiana that don’t exist here, and youth sports meant the occasional YMCA team then. Travel teams didn’t exist.”

His duties at Lost Tree include managing, teaching, facilitating,…

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