Spring training renovations delayed until 2025 as Marlins, Cardinals revise Jupiter stadium 'facelift'
THE MIAMI MARLINS and St. Louis Cardinals won’t start work on a $108 million renovation of their shared spring training facility in...
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Lake Worth Beach Cottages Tour is back: Walk inside small Old Florida spaces where proud owners are ‘living large’
LAKE WORTH BEACH’S famous cottages are about to go on tour again. After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the nonprofit Cottages of Lake...
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ByJoeCapozzi.com wins three first-place awards in 2023 Florida Press Club competition
BYJOECAPOZZI.COM won three first-place awards and a second-place honor in the Florida Press Club’s 2023 Excellence in...
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Oct 19, 20233 min read
Thanks a latte! New lease keeps Subculture Coffee on Clematis Street five more years
SUBCULTURE COFFEE CAN keep brewing at its original Clematis Street store for the next five years after city commissioners, rejecting an...
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Oct 5, 20236 min read
Marlins-Cardinals throw stadium renovation schedule a sharp curve
IT WILL BE business as usual next spring at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium — just baseball and no construction activity — for the Miami ...
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Sep 14, 20236 min read
Saying goodbye to the late 'Jack the Bike Man' — Celebration of life set for Sept. 19 in West Palm
A CELEBRATION HONORING the wonderful life of the late “Jack the Bike Man’’ wouldn’t be complete without a few bicycles, even if it is...
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Jul 25, 20234 min read
'Shame on you!' — Tempers flare as Jupiter Town Council OK's limited protections at Suni Sands
TEMPERS FLARED AT Jupiter Town Hall Tuesday night when the Town Council voted to allow townhouses, condos and other development on parts...
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Jul 23, 20238 min read
Trash-talking garbage man on a mission to clean up after litterbugs, one bag at a time
JUST ABOUT EVERY day, Sam Farrell of West Palm Beach goes around town picking up litter. And while he’s at it, he talks a lot of trash....
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Jul 9, 20237 min read
Meet the shark attack survivor who opened a shark-themed vacation rental in Lake Worth Beach
GETTING ATTACKED AND nearly killed by a 12-foot bull shark would seem like a terrifying experience most survivors would prefer to forget....
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Jun 22, 20233 min read
Minor League Baseball coming to West Palm Beach during renovations to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter
NOW PINCH HITTING for Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium … The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches! Minor league baseball is coming to West Palm Beach...
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Jun 4, 20235 min read
Fantasy Hurricane League helps blow away stressful storm season realities with Cat 5 amusement
IT’S DRAFT DAY and “Bob from FPL” is on the clock with the first pick. With the concentration of an NFL general manager, Greg Mihalko...
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Mar 6, 202313 min read
Jupiter board blocks construction plans on historic waterfront land, forcing a reckoning with past
ON A BRIGHT winter day, Charles Modica took in the view from a grassy mound overlooking the confluence of the Loxahatchee and Indian...
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Feb 22, 20238 min read
Paul Anka tribute singer records all the hits (and runs and outs) at spring training in Jupiter
WITH ALL DUE respect to the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins, no one at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium turns a spring training double...
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Feb 8, 20237 min read
Cardinals, Marlins ready for construction 'headaches' with $108 million spring training makeover
BATTING HELMETS WON’T be the only hard hats worn around Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium over the next few years. The Miami Marlins and St....
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Dec 7, 20228 min read
Remembering Joan Newark, baseball's brightest spring training star
BETWEEN FRED MCGRIFF getting elected to the Hall of Fame and Justin Verlander signing a two-year deal with the Mets, there’s been no...
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Sep 1, 20228 min read
Snook Islands turning into ‘Gilligan’s Island’ as boat graveyard threatens sensitive natural area
THE SNOOK ISLANDS in Lake Worth Beach are supposed to be an ecological gem of manmade mangroves, oyster reefs and wildlife along the Lake...
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Aug 10, 20226 min read
Popular oceanfront cafe, at loggerheads with landlord in Jupiter, about to serve its last meals
BACK IN 1998, Palm Beach County took a chance on a new operator for food concessions at Carlin Park in Jupiter. Over the next 25 years,...
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Jul 25, 20226 min read
This Fidel Castro just wants to launch missiles from the batter's box
THE NAME FLUNG from the ballpark's public-address system like a hanging curveball. "Now batting, the center fielder … Fidel Castro.” On a...
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Jul 23, 20223 min read
In Jupiter, this bear encounter has a happy ending
DOUG COVIN OF Jupiter was standing at the base of a 50-ft. strangler fig in his backyard Saturday morning when he heard the crack of a...
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Apr 11, 20225 min read
Former county commissioner patiently waits for construction of Jupiter park named after her in 2012
EVERY OTHER WEEK or so, the driver of a brown Honda Pilot performs a peculiar ritual while motoring north along a certain stretch of U.S....
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