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Celebrate EARTH WEEK with the Town of Jupiter at ECOFEST on Saturday, April 27, from 11:00am – 4:00pm at Riverwalk Events Plaza (under the Indiantown Road Bridge). The event will focus on recycling and earth friendly food and crafts.  This is a FREE event for the family with an abundance of entertaining events planned -  including  live music, arts and crafts, food vendors, kayak and paddle boarding demonstrations, and a free fishing clinic. This will be the town’s first earth friendly family festival and 4,000 people are anticipated.

Today, April 22, 2013, is EARTH DAY!  Over one billion people in 192 countries are taking action in their communities and helping depict “The Face of Climate Change”.  Do something to lower your carbon footprint.  We, at…

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Lifeguard Tower

The famous Peanut Island is getting a new addition to its shores! For all of the fun-goers that come to Peanut Island, you can breathe a little easier when it comes to swimming around the island. A brand new lifeguard station will be opening on the island later this month. 

Peanut Island’s five, fulltime lifeguards that serve and protect and now they will have new $100,000, hurricane proof headquarters. The new, 12-foot by 12-foot, cinder block building is going to be a hefty step up from the trailer they were calling home for the past decade. The new building will provide the lifeguards with more than 80 square feet of additional space. There will be enough room for a swimmer or person with heat exhaustion to come inside for treatment.

The new…

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Turtle Trot 5K 2013

The Town of Jupiter is bringing back its beloved, annual Turtle Trot. This is the 23rd annual Turtle Trot 5K and it sure to set the bar high!

Runners from all over the area come out to run from Carlin Park down the beach road (A1A) to the Jupiter Inlet and back. Thereare 15 age groups for the race and the top 3 male and top 3 female runners from each group will take home awards. Some of the new things to look forward to this year in the race include group registration and the kid’s fun run! The group registration allows for 3 or more runners to run together as a team, the team with the most participants will win an award. For the kids, the fun run is a mile long run that is not timed. It is perfect for kids 11 and under!

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Did you know that four of the world’s largest security firms now have their international or U.S. headquarters in Palm Beach County!  Security is what they do and they have chosen Palm Beach County to home for their headquarters.

Garda Cash Logistics is a subsidiary of Garda World Security, one of the leading cash logistics and security solutions firms in the world. “At one time companies, like Garda, were used strictly to move cash back and forth between bank and customer.  Nowadays, banks, financial institutions and smart retailers need and expect their cash to move at the same speed as debit, credit card and payment data.”  Garda Cash Logistics relocated from California to South Florida.

Geo Group is the world’s leading provider of correctional,…

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Boston Marathon Explosions

Three people died and more than 150 were injured after two explosions ripped toward the finish line of the Boston Marathon.  Reactions poured in from around the world today on the twin bombing in Boston:

PAKISTANI TALIBAN: denied any role in the bombings at the Boston Marathon.  The group’s representative, Ahsanullah Ahsan, denied involvement in a telephone call with the Associated Press from an undisclosed location.

FRENCH PRESIDENT – FRANCOIS HOLLANDE: sent his condolences to the families of the victims and expressed “Frances’s total solidarity” with the American people and authorities.

MAYOR OF LONDON – BORIS JOHNSON:  “The bombings in Boston are shocking, cowardly and horrific, and the thoughts of all Londoners this morning will be the victims. …

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Super Yacht Azzam

YES, PRIVATE!  Its name is “Azzam” and at 590 feet long, it has officially bumped Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s (owner of popular English soccer team Chelsea Football Club) yacht, the 536 foot “Eclipse” from its number one ranking.  German yacht builder, Lurssen, launched the super-yacht days ago, from a shipyard in Bremen, Germany and it is now the prevailing motor yacht in the world.

No comment as to the ownership of the vessel, reports speculate that the owner is likely a member of the Saudi royal family.  The name “Azzam”, which mean “dedication” in Arabic, serves as a clue to the boat’s ownership.  The buyer gave a brief description of what they wanted which was “to build a large luxury yacht with innovative and timeless design that would be…

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Annette Funicello, who won America’s heart as a 12 year old in Mickey Mouse ears in the original Mickey Mouse Club and star of numerous “beach party” films in the 1960’s,  has died.   Funicello, who was 70, passed away “peacefully from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled for over 25 years” according to a Disney statement.

Walt Disney personally discovered Annette, while she was dancing lead in a production of “Swan Lake” in Burbank, CA and she was the last of the 24 cast members chosen for “The Mickey Mouse Club”.  Funicello quickly became one of the most popular Mouseketeers and in 1992, she was inducted as a Disney Legend.

The most enduring images of Funicello may be of her in a swimsuit in the slightly spicy beach party movies…

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Deep Sea Fishing in the Mike Schmidt Tournament

This May is the 14th annual Mike Schmidt & HMY Winner’s Circle Invitational. The tournament has made a splash for years bringing in big fish and big money for charity.  Brought to us by hall of fame baseball star, Mike Schmidt and HMY Yachts. Some of the other underwriters for Winner’s Circle Charities include: the Cleveland Clinic of Florida and the Marine Industry Education Foundation, a maritime academy, which trains students for furture boating-careers. 

These generous chairmen united their love for angling and passion to fight cystic fibrosis. This is the 14th annual Winner’s Circle. After so many successful years this foundation has raised almost $2 million to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 

ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT: 

The Winner’s Circle…

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Follow these simple celebrity diet tips and drop pounds in a week!  Be swimsuit ready fast!

Living in beautiful South Florida everyone enjoys looking and feeling his or her best.  Whether you live on Singer Island and wake every morning to a spectacular sunrise on the beautiful Atlantic Ocean, enjoy a relaxing, rendezvous on the Loxahatchee River, or something invigorating on the Intracoastal Waterway in between - being in your best shape possible might be something that interests you.  Check out www.doctor.oz as he busts five popular diet myths.

Tip One – Be sure to eat every few hours throughout the day, including breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Include a few healthy snacks to keep your appetite in check.  Consider monitoring your hunger by measuring your…

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The Presidential Honey Fitz

Take a dip into great American history aboard the Honey Fitz and you are sure to be amazed. The dreamy aura of the ship provides for a romantic journey down memory lane. Once enjoyed by the Kennedy’s and now enjoyed by many, the Honey Fitz is a must see!

Resting in her West Palm Beach harbor is the newly restored ship once made famous by the Kennedy's. The regal appearance of the boat will take you aback with its beautiful, wooden transom and the famous presidential seal on its smoke stack. The Honey Fitz is the presidential yacht John F. Kennedy made legendary, is an icon of the American dream and a true statement of class. Many a fun time were had with the Kennedy family on this charming vessel. 

Honey Fitz used to cruise the Intracoastal…

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