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County takes closer look at FEC leases

What first began as an observation by the Hobe Sound Neighborhood Advisory Committee Chairman Mike Ennis has turned into a full-fledged investigation of the county’s lease agreements with the FEC railroad. Ennis noticed that the majority of the parking spaces along A1A in “downtown” Hobe 

Hobe Grove, Harmony pressured to merge

The members of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, the first agency to review the Hobe Grove and Harmony Ranch DRI applications, acknowledged the need at its June 17 meeting to consider the cumulative impact of both developments, even though they currently are two separate 

Why would Americans retire anywhere but in U.S?

Outside Looking In By Gordon Barlow Foreigners living outside the US are continually amazed that so many of its citizens hanker to end their days somewhere else. We expect it of the British, but not the Americans. If you type “retiring overseas” into Google, you’ll 

New photo studio takes cue from Hobe Sound history

A robbery prompted Hobe Sound photographer and artist, Leo Arbeznik, to think about moving his business, Images in Paradise, away from its vulnerable Federal Highway location. Finding a perfect site, one that included a studio “big enough to shoot the Green Bay Packers,” absolutely cinched 

Boys and Girls Club honors its own

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County honored employees, board members and outstanding youth at its recent annual dinner at Harry & the Natives restaurant in Hobe Sound. Awards were presented to those board members who provided remarkable service to the clubs’ fundraising, administrative