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While Monday was the official opening day of the Major League Baseball season, Roger Dean Stadium in Abacoa will play host to another opening night tonight.

Today is opening day of the Florida State League season, and with Roger Dean Stadium the home stadium to two of the 12 teams in the league, Abacoa will be home to opening day as the Jupiter Hammerheads will open the season against the Fort Myers Miracle at 6:35pm.

The Florida State League is a minor league affiliate league for Major League Baseball and features several Major League teams' Single A affilitaes. The Hammerheads (Miami Marlins) and Palm Beach Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals) will welcome teams from all over the state of Florida throughout the season including the minor league…

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For the first time in 20 years, The Masters will be without one of it's biggest draws as Tiger Woods announced this morning that his ailing back problems will keep him out of the tournament.

Woods, a Jupiter Island resident, has won The Masters four times but has been battling some back issues as of late. He withdrew from the Honda Classic at PGA National in the final round a month ago and then withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational after being in noticeable pain during the final round of the WGC Cadillac Championships.

Woods had planned on taking the next few weeks off as he was attempting to recover for another trip to Augusta National next week. After consoling with his doctors he decided that surgery was needed, preventing him from…

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Ernie Els and his wife Liezl, along with The Els for Autism Foundation invite you to attend the “Light the Lighthouse Blue”  Wednesday, April 2 between 5:00-10:00pm at the Square Grouper ,Jupiter, in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day.

The highlight of the evening will be when the Jupiter Inlet lighthouse will be lit BLUE!  A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Els Center of Excellence.  The center just held its official groundbreaking in Jupiter on March 10.  The Els Center of Excellence is an extraordinary project that is designed “to show the world what should be available to children and adults on the autism spectrum.”   It is an educational program for 300 student ages 3-21, of applied research, professional and medical services, and…

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