If you live in Jupiter, you’ve probably seen those bright pink Chevrolet Sparks with “Errand Bunnies” written on the sides driving through town.
It all started when two young Jupiter women had an idea…
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Lake Park: We want to join the U.S. 1 renaissance
A parking garage could be built near Lake Park Marina (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)
LAKE PARK — With new condos and businesses popping up along U.S. 1 in north county, tiny Lake Park wants to bring in mixed-use projects to join in the revival.
Public workshop planned Thursday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. at town hall.
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Jupiter struts its stuff to attract a new town manager
“Pristine beaches, unmatched recreational offerings, stunning scenic vistas, a high quality of life,” reads the national advertisement seeking a new town manager in Jupiter.
About 50 candidates from across the country sent in their resumes, seeking the position that Andy Lukasik vacated.
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Love Street in Jupiter: Sept. 7 is the final vote
Wearing red shirts, opponents have attended town council meetings and said the plan will bring too much traffic and pollution to Jupiter’s Inlet Village.
Finally — after three years of revisions, lawsuits and public hearings — the Love Street plan to build an outdoor marketplace on the Jupiter Inlet is scheduled for a final vote before the town council Thursday, Sept. 7.
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Love Street developer Charles Modica says the outdoor marketplace will bring recreation, jobs and tax revenue to Jupiter.
Veterinary heart center opens in Jupiter
Dogs are big in Jupiter.
That’s why the North American Veterinary Heart Center, a new state-of-the-art veterinary center off Center Street, opened recently on Center Street.
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New Dunkin’s replacing old Wendy’s in Tequesta
Remodeling has started inside the former Wendy’s restaurant to make it a Dunkin’ Donuts in Tequesta (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)
TEQUESTA — Remodeling has started to bring a new Dunkin’ Donuts to replace the former Wendy’s restaurant in Tequesta’s Countyline Plaza.
Muffins and coffee — plans call for a drive-through window — should start being served around the end of the year, says Trish Naya Norene, the executive director of on the southwest corner of Countyline Road and U.S. 1.
The closest Dunkin’ Donuts on U.S. 1 to the north is at Bridge Road in Hobe Sound.
To the south, Dunkin’ coffee lovers have to go to Alternate A1A and Indiantown Road.
The plaza, which has about 1,400 parking spaces, also contains a Publix, Chase Bank, Time to Eat Diner and Rocky’s Hardware store.
Wendy’s closed in Countyline Plaza in Tequesta in December. (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)
Wear your best hat to Wednesday’s tea party
Leslie Streeter
Palm Beach Post staff writer Leslie Streeter is the guest speaker Wednesday, Aug. 30 for the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Council for their Annual Tea.
Those attending are asked to wear their best best tea dress and hat.
Tea, light bites and desserts will be served.
For information, call 561-746-7111 or go to pbnchamber.com.
Streeter is an award-winning columnist and pop culture writer at The Palm Beach Post, where she has worked since October 2002. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she is a proud product of that city’s public school system, and graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1989.
In 1993, she graduated from the College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park, after which she began her professional journalism career. That has included stints at the Miami Times, a community weekly in Miami, Florida, the York Dispatch/Sunday News in York, Pa., and finally The Palm Beach Post.
Leslie is the proud mother of Brooks Robinson Streeter-Zervitz, the proud daughter of the very cool Tina Streeter, and was the wife of Scott Zervitz, the coolest of them all. She is a slow run/walker, a fan of the ‘Law and Order’ series (all of them) and a believer that when things seem bleakest, a light comes on in the corner.
Loud crowd greets U.S. Rep. Brian Mast in Jupiter
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast answers question at Jupiter’s Community Center (Photo/Allen Eyestone)
Amid cheers, boos and interruptions from the crowd of about 200, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast fielded questions Thursday afternoon for almost three hours in Jupiter on issues from President Donald Trump to Lake Okeechobee restoration.
One of the loudest moments came when a questioner referred to Trump as a “liar and egomaniac.”
Mast, R-Palm City, defended Trump, saying, “The president is doing an outstanding job. He is doing all he can do to deliver the things he promised as a candidate.”
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Fran Sachs listens an answer from U.S. Representative Brian Mast as he holds a Town Hall meeting at the Jupiter Community Center in Jupiter. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post)
Bon Jovi fans can help out Perry J. Cohen Foundation
The Perry J. Cohen Foundation is auctioning off an acoustic guitar autographed by rock n’ roller Jon Bon Jovi.
The foundation was established in Perry’s name to promote the arts, environmental and marine preservation, teenage entrepreneurship and boating safety.
The Perry J. Cohen Wetlands Laboratory will include native plants, educational information and a boardwalk to provide hands-on training for Jupiter Community High School Environmental Research & Field Studies Academy students. Other students will also have access to the area.
Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos left the Jupiter Inlet on July 24, 2015. They never returned.
Good news for boaters – More parking at Burt Reynolds Park in Jupiter
This lighted walkway allows boaters and their passengers to walk underneath U.S. 1 to get to and from the east and west sides of Burt Reynolds Park in Jupiter. Before, they had to tote their coolers and equipment across busy U.S. 1, which was often dangerous. (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)
Here’s good news for boaters in north County: Burt Reynolds Park West is open with about two dozen more parking spaces for boat trailers
Also finished is a lighted underpass for pedestrians to walk under U.S. 1 to get to and from the east and west sides of the park.
No changes to the public boat ramps have been made for the park on the west side of U.S. 1 north of Indiantown Road.
Total cost for the the project, funded with county and state dollars, was about $1.1 million.
More boat trailer parking is expected to stop boaters from parking their trailers like this along U.S. 1 at Burt Reynolds Park West in Jupiter (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)
