Jupiter's utility billing moves to a new portal today

The boil water order covering 301-313 Ocean Dunes Circle has been extended. The Town posted that update on Friday, August 21. It applies to that short stretch of addresses, not the wider neighborhood. If you are on the list, the order stands until the Town lifts it. These notices tend to travel by word of mouth and arrive a few days late. For now, residents on that block should keep following boil-water precautions and watch for the Town's all-clear.

Fifty-five Palm Beach County schools were left out of a free meals program this year. For families at those schools, meals that used to be automatic now come with an application. El Sol, Jupiter's Neighborhood Resource Center, is helping people get through it. Volunteers are working with county schools to walk parents through the forms, connect them with food assistance, and send weekend meals home with kids in El Sol programs. Paperwork is the kind of quiet barrier that decides who eats and who does not. Hands-on help at a familiar local office can keep a missed form from becoming a missed meal.

Three council decisions from a meeting last month land close to home. Council unanimously adopted Resolution 100-26, opposing Palm Beach County's expansion of paid parking at public beaches. That is a formal stand on behalf of anyone who drives to the sand and expects to park for nothing. Council also approved a $275,440 design work order for renovations at Fire Station 13 and adopted new fire impact fees. A two-year, $400,000 water treatment membrane services contract went through as well. Together, the votes cover beach access, emergency facilities, and the systems behind the Town's tap water.

Florida's Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday started yesterday and runs through September 6. That is a two-week window to stock up on storm supplies without paying sales tax. The timing is not sentimental. Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, and a good stretch of it is still ahead of us. If your flashlight batteries have been in that kitchen drawer since a previous storm season, this is the moment to deal with it.

There is a bridge game this afternoon at 200 Military Trail, and the only requirement is showing up. The Town's 50+ Social Bridge runs 1 to 4 p.m. with no registration and no sign-up sheet. You drop in, find a table, and play. The Town calls it a no-stress game with fellow bridge lovers, which anyone who has sat across from a serious partner will recognize as a meaningful promise. If you have been meaning to get back into it after a few years off, a drop-in table is a far gentler return than a club night.

The Tampa General Hospital Loggerhead Triathlon marked its 40th anniversary on Saturday at Carlin Park. Forty years is a long life for a local race. Most towns start one; far fewer manage to hold onto it through four decades of weather, sponsors, and shifting calendars. If you drove down A1A on Saturday morning and wondered what all the bikes were doing, that was it. The Loggerhead has outlasted plenty of things in this town that felt more permanent at the time. Put it on the mental list for next August, even if only as a spectator with coffee.