The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, here in Jupiter, is the highlighted lighthouse on every new “Visit Our Lights” specialty license plate sold by Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. There are thirty lighthouses still standing proud in Florida. There is a $25 annual special fee for the plates, in addition to registration fees. Proceeds benefit the Florida Lighthouse Association, a nonprofit that supports the preservation of the state’s lighthouses. The new plate with the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse will be available for the next 10 years. The original version of the specialty plate has been available for purchase since 2008. It illustrated the striped St. Augustine Lighthouse.

Florida has more than 1,800 miles of coastline, more than…

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Volunteer organizations, individuals around Palm Beach County and the globe have been working with the ocean conservancy. Hoping to end the flow of trash at the source ending the flow of trash at the source. It is working to protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges creating evidence-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it.

The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) unites people to remove trash from the world’s beaches and waterways. Thanks to volunteers around the world, the ICC has become a guiding light of hope, leading, and encouraging action in support of the ocean.

Since its beginning, more than seventeen million volunteers have collected more than 348 million pounds of trash.…

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The Friends of Jupiter Beach's September beach cleanup is slated for this Saturday, September 17, 2022, from 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. at Ocean Cay Park in Jupiter. It happens to fall on International Coastal Cleanup Day. All volunteers will receive a FREE International Beach Cleanup Day t-shirt!  The first 100 volunteers to sign in will receive a $5 gift card to Surf Taco! The beach cleanup helps to keep trash away from the local wildlife while also helping to maintain the beaches for generations to come. For more information on the Friends of Jupiter Beach clean-up efforts please visit their website.

The cleanup will encompass a 2 ½ mile stretch from the Juno Beach Pier and continue to the southern edge of Carlin Park in Jupiter. Please use beach…

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Delray Beach is known as the “Most Fun Small Town”.  It was bestowed that moniker recently by Rand McNally, but there is more than meets the eye in this little artistic community. Life in Delray goes beyond the beach.  Consider the beach a starting point. Remember all the shipwrecks from the past, word is that ghastly apparitions of shipwreck victims wash up on Delray Beach! How would you like to come upon one of these visions?  Wicked Delray Ghost Tours can be your guide.

Your guide will introduce you to the spirits dwelling on Atlantic Avenue on a one-hour walking tour. Your guide will meet you at 8:00 PM by the fountain in Veteran’s Park carrying a lantern and dressed in black. Her fanciful stories will entertain you with perspectives you will…

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Since its opening in 1977, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach have been an epicenter for Japanese arts and culture in South Florida. The idyllic museum offers a distinguished roster of rotating exhibitions, tea ceremonies, a Seishin-an tea house, educational programs, and exciting cultural events as well as a thriving community outreach program.  

On October 1, 2022, Morikami is pleased to announce the reopening of the Yamato-kan. Its original museum building, the Yamato-kan is modeled after a pristine Japanese villa. It also features exhibition rooms embracing an open-air landscaped courtyard with a dry garden.  

Yamato-kan was named after Yamato, the original colony of Japanese settlers who farmed a large area of land in Boca…

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The following account is written by Rick Herter, Internationally Recognized Historical Aviation Artist,  back seat qualified participant of Operation Noble Eagle, and resident of Palm Beach.  Herter actually flew over "Ground Zero" during Operation Noble Eagle (see photo below).  Photography is by Herter, as is painting.  The following account is as it was recounted to him by the first pilots to scramble. Eternal gratitude to all the heroes who protect America and all who reside here.   At Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod, the morning of September 11, 2001, was sunny with blue skies and unlimited visibility. For pilots, maintenance personnel, and the Fighter Jets of the 102nd Fighter Wing on Cape Cod it was business as…

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Today we remember the lives of the many individuals who perished on 9/11 and salute the fallen heroes who fearlessly acted and served on that tragic day. To the victims, families of the fallen and the survivors dealing with the loss…we will #neverforget.

                                               

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The Palm Beaches are home to the best beaches in Southeast Florida.  Nearly 30 tropical beach parks span 47 miles along the Atlantic Ocean, from Jupiter to Boca Raton. Explore all the beautiful sandy shores and find your perfect beach whether you are looking for a beach to let your dog run, surf, picnic or just sit under a coconut tree and read a book.

The Palm Beaches are home to top beach towns, top beach resorts, and top-rated beaches in the area. After all, we have “beach” in our name. With 47 miles of pristine Atlantic coastline and expanses of gilded sand to pick from, it would be impossible to name the best beach. Instead, here's a list of some of our favorite white sand beaches for sun and fun so you can decide which oceanfront strand gets…

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The Fall Fitness on the Plaza Series returns to Alton Town Center! Alton Town Center is located at 5320 Donald Ross Road, Palm Beach Gardens. The shops, eateries, health, and wellness centers are offering a lot for the Labor Day weekend. Alton is in the heart of Palm Beach Gardens. It is a great place to mix and mingle in a garden outdoor oasis.

Join master Zumba and fitness instructor, Lydia Montenegro from LA Fitness and renowned local yoga instructor Jill Romano from Thrive Power Yoga for the Fall Fitness Series on the Plaza. Fall Fitness Classes on The Plaza are FREE!

ALTON FITNESS and FUN

Tuesdays at 6-7 PM
YOGA - September 13, 27, October 11
ZUMBA - September 20, October 4, 18

Saturday's at 9-10 AM
YOGA - October 22, November 5, 19
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South Florida is a diving magnet with luscious reefs with natural and fabricated beauty under the surface. Did you happen to know that over the past 20 years, Broward County’s Artificial Reef Program has situated over seventy-five synthetic reefs on the ocean floor? One mile off the coast of Deerfield Beach is a reef known as Rapa Nui Reef. It weighs about three hundred tons and is half the length of a football field. The Rapa Nui Reef distinguishes the city in the way 887 similar monuments did Easter Island in the remote South Pacific.

The reef is the combination of a public art project of the “Moai” figures that were created in Stuart along with fabricated reef materials. The reef is called Rapa Nui, the Polynesian translation of “Easter Island.”…

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