Port St. Lucie

Have a hauntingly good time at the Harvest Bonfire and Hayride on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 2-8 p.m. at McCarty Ranch Preserve, 12323 Range Line Road in Port St. Lucie. Walk the jack-o-lantern trail with more than 200 hand-carved pumpkins. Bring your chairs to this free event. Winners of the best Neighborhood Scarecrow Competition in Port St. Lucie will be announced. Call 878.2277 for more information.

Things To Do – Port St. Lucie Magazine Fall 2023

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 5, 2023
Post category:Datebook Festivals and Special Events Port St. Lucie

Upcoming events for September - January 2024

Glenn Camelio, executive director of the Humane Society of St. Lucie County, visits 6-year-old Sparky daily. Sparky is currently up for adoption at the society’s shelter in Port St. Lucie. Camelio said two new buildings will soon go up on the site, thanks to the generosity of donors and others who contribute in myriad ways to the Humane Society of St. Lucie County. WHITNEY JOSEPH

The PERENNIAL VOLUNTEER

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 5, 2023
Post category:Port St. Lucie Port St. Lucie People

It is only natural that Glenn Camelio has spent the last two years as executive director of the Humane Society of St. Lucie County. Giving back to the community has been a guiding principle since he was a child.

Ritual hand washing is one part of Rabbi Shafir Lobb’s preparation for leading a Friday evening sabbath service. ANTHONY INSWASTY

THE RABBI

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 5, 2023
Post category:Port St. Lucie Port St. Lucie People

Port St. Lucie’s Shafir Lobb has been a woman with many identities. But while she’s changed her name, her address and her career multiple times, her rich life has made her the person she knew she was meant to be: Rabbi Shafir.

Maria Oquendo, owner of El Hay Bendito, prepares a typical Puerto Rican pinch [chicken skewer] in the food truck. ANTHONY INSWASTY PHOTOS

Moving Feast

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 5, 2023
Post category:Food Port St. Lucie

Maria Oquendo was only a year old when her family returned to Puerto Rico to rejoin a legacy begun on that island — generations before she was born in Brooklyn.

Students and their teacher Zoey Bridges created these three samples of coiled pottery at the recently opened Treasure Coast Pottery. TREASURE COAST POTTERY PHOTOS

Firing a new artistic future

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 4, 2023
Post category:Arts of the Treasure Coast Education Port St. Lucie

This new artistic space on Heritage Drive is filled with the fun, the excitement and the amazement that comes with learning to create something that never existed before and knowing you made it.

The Crazy Quilters of Port St. Lucie create special items that will be sold in their boutique at the group’s biennial quilt show, Quilters in Paradise. ANTHONY INSWASTY PHOTOS

IN STITCHES

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 4, 2023
Post category:Arts of the Treasure Coast Port St. Lucie

The Crazy Quilters are a generous, welcoming bunch, happy to share a wealth of information on many quilting patterns, techniques and styles.

Fifteen-year-old Abigail Shonce of North Carolina enjoys shopping at the Treasure Coast Hospice Thrift Boutique at Darwin Square and says what makes the shopping better is the items are ‘really cheap.’

The Thrill of the Thrift

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 4, 2023
Post category:Port St. Lucie

If you haven’t visited one of Port St. Lucie’s many thrift stores, you’re missing a fantastic opportunity.

Social support is vital when battling cancer. From left to right, these and other members help one another stay positive: Lisa Tarantino, Beth Perconte, Kelly Kraft, Bonnie Gallucci, Mary Jane Luparello, Dawn Milone, Kevin Loftus, Camille Vigrass, Kevin Shepherd, Deborah Piotroski Peterson, Lisa Marie Lawrence, Brenda Marlin, Michele Shepherd and John Kraft. ANTHONY INSWASTY

Thriving with Cancer

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 4, 2023
Post category:Health Port St. Lucie Port St. Lucie Medical Report

Relating to people who understand one’s circumstances and share similar challenges is key when battling cancer.

First impressions of Port St. Lucie- Fall 2023

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 4, 2023
Post category:Port St. Lucie Publishers Note

So far, we are loving Port St. Lucie. It’s a big change from Broward County, which is where I most recently put down roots. It’s also a far cry from Miami-Dade County, my native territory. The pace of life here is more relaxed, the people are more pleasant and the atmosphere is more “chill.” Though the climate is not.

Guests tour the new surgical suite during the grand opening of the Indian River State College School of Nursing at the Pruitt Campus in Port St. Lucie. It is part of the expanded program’s high-fidelity hospital-like simulation center offering students the latest in real-life educational experiences. INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE PHOTOS

Code Blue

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:September 4, 2023
Post category:Health Port St. Lucie Port St. Lucie Medical Report

The ominous sound of a Code Blue alarm sends student nurses flying to a patient’s bedside in the simulated hospital on Indian River State College’s Port St. Lucie campus.