Joe Capozzi
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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Joe Capozzi
- Jul 25
- 4 min
'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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Joe Capozzi
- Jul 23
- 8 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Jul 9
- 7 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Jun 22
- 3 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Jun 4
- 5 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Mar 6
- 13 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Feb 22
- 8 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Feb 8
- 7 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Dec 7, 2022
- 8 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Sep 1, 2022
- 8 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Aug 10, 2022
- 6 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Jul 25, 2022
- 6 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Jul 23, 2022
- 3 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Apr 11, 2022
- 5 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Apr 6, 2022
- 5 min
'My peace has come, I will pass this way no more forever,’ Oklahoma Seminoles in South Florida say
DEEP INSIDE A lush South Florida hardwood hammock, leaders of the Great Seminole Nation of Oklahoma gathered Sunday morning for an...
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