South Florida is known for sunshine, beaches and sun kissed oranges. Will another fruit outshine the oranges?   Christopher Columbus brought the first citrus saplings to the “new world”.  Early Spanish explores, quite possibly Ponce de Leon himself, planted the first orange vegetation in St. Augustine. This legacy has blossomed into $9 billion dollar industry. The sunshine state produces more oranges than any other region in the world.

Years ago, “u-pick” orange groves were all over the state. Now they are few and far between. There is nothing is more refreshing than the scent of orange blossoms.  The wonders of a beautiful sunlight grove bursting with bright colors of blue sky, green citrus trees and abundant oranges are impressive. 

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The Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Center, located in Boynton Beach, brings old Florida History to life.  There are so many schools sprinkled around our area that it is hard to believe that at one time all the children in the area attending the same school.  Children dress and reenact pioneer days in South Florida.

What stands today, as the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Center was a one-room schoolhouse. In 1913, the one room schoolhouse was replaced with a new “modern” building with six rooms and indoor plumbing!

The Boynton Beach School was added to the National Register of Historic Places. By 2001, the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Center opened. Their mission statement “strives to engage young children…

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Local Fresh Seafood + Live Entertainment + Nautical Vendors + Family Fun


Jupiter, Florida and all surrounding cities are getting ready and thrilled for this weekend that will be full of fresh seafood, live entertainment, and local vendors! Hosted by Grand Slam, this year’s event, Jupiter Seafood Festival is taking the family festival to the beach at Carlin Park on Saturday, February 20 and Sunday, February 21!

Located at a beautiful beachfront location, Carlin Park, is a great place for this year’s event. Fun for recreational activities, picnic areas, swimming, playgrounds, tennis courts and an amazing amphitheater! Jupiter Seafood Festival is mainly all about celebrating good seafood and gathering the community together, but there will also be some…

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The 6th annual Green Run is returning to the Riverbend Park on Saturday, February 20th. This race supports the work of the Jupiter Environmental Research and Field Studies Academy (JERFSA) at Jupiter High School. The Academy is a four-year Magnet school program designed to meet the needs of students who wish to pursue an academic curriculum with an emphasis on environmental studies. The mission is to receive and administer funds for the purpose of engaging, promoting, and supporting environmental education, environmental stewardship, and environmentally responsible citizens.

The Green Run will be held on the beautiful shell rock trail at Riverbend Park.
Race day events will include a 5K chip timed run and a one mile kids run. There will also…

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Come take a walk through some mind-blowing works of art this weekend in Lake Worth at the celebrated Street Painting Festival. The festival will take place February 20 & 21. Life sized works of art chalked right onto the street create a feast for your eyes unlike anything you have ever seen.

This year is the 22nd year of the Lake Work Street Painting Festival and it is promising to be even better than years past. There will be massive, street murals painted by over 600 artists. Some of the works of art are so big and so well done it will look like you might fall off of a cliff or that you can walk right into the ocean from the beach, even though you are just walking through the streets of Lake Worth. In years past over 100,000 art loving guests have passed…

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There is something for everyone at the Florida Oceanographic Society, from young to “young at heart”.  Take a scenic ride from the Jupiter area to Hutchison Island in Stuart, FL and see the 57-acre nature center.  The nature center is positioned between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River.

This year at the Martin County Fair the Florida Oceanographic Society presented hands-on demonstrations with sharks, stingrays, turtles, oysters and more.   If you did not have an opportunity to get out seeing the exhibit at the Martin County Fair visit the Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center and feed the resident stingrays, explore the “touch tank” and closely observe a feeding frenzy in the 750,000 gallon “Gamefish Lagoon”.

This nonprofit organization…

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Perhaps in South Florida the weather is a bit cool, say 70 degrees, obviously much too cool on a winter day to hit the beach or the waterways.  It would be a great opportunity to try something a little different.   Pull the trigger and consider a shotgun sport at one of the many sporting clubs in the area.

The National Sporting Federation defines sporting clays as “a challenging clay target game designed to simulate a variety of field shooting situations. On sporting clays course shooters are presented with a wide variety of targets that duplicate the flight path of birds, such as flushing, crossing, incoming and other angling shots.”

South Florida Shooting Club is one of the best shooting clubs in South Florida.  Only a forty-five minute drive…

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This weekend enjoy fresh seafood, live music and entertainment for the whole family. The 2016 Jupiter Seafood Festival will take over Carlin Park Saturday, February. 20, and Sunday, February. 21, with a variety of foods from local restaurants. The Jupiter Seafood Festival will have local, fresh seafood, including crawfish, mussels, crab cakes, and scallops. Vendors will be there selling everything from nautical art and apparel to jewelry and home decor accessories.

The 2016 Jupiter Seafood Festival Music Line Up is:

DAY ONE: Saturday, February 20th
11am Bryce Allyn Trio - Reggae
2pm Sierra Band Classic - Rock
5pm County Line Road - Country
8pm Hells Bells AC/DC - Tribute Band

DAY TWO: Sunday, February 21st
11am The Helmsman - Reggae
2pm Andrew…

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Photo courtesy of Town of Jupiter.

This week, February 17, 2016, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will host a public meeting on the replacement of the US 1 Bridge, connecting the Town of Jupiter to the Village of Tequesta.  The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Jupiter Community Center. 

The bridge, constructed in 1958, spans over the Loxahatchee River and Intracoastal Waterway.  It has been deemed "structurally deficient and functionally obsolete".  In September of 2014, the bridge was structurally checked out and received "substandard sufficiency ratings providing justification for replacement". 

Back in 2013 a $16 million rehab of the bridge was taken into consideration.  Replacing the 50 plus year old…

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Help the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival become #1 beer fest in the entire country!
Click on the USA Today link and Vote Here ---> http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-beer-festival/field-of-beers-jupiter-fla/

A competition for some of the finest craft brewers in America will be chosen by beer experts. According to the USA Today’s 10 Best readers’ choice survey for the best beers in the nation selected ‘Field of Beers as one of the finalists!

A Jupiter, Florida local beer event is running for recognition as one of the best beer fests out there, Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival is kept moderately small with only 500 tickets available. “It’s part of the quaintness, if you will, Andrewlevich said. It's held at Roger Dean Stadium in Abacoa where the…

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