Spooked Again team takes first place in World's Richest, Blaze and Sitarah teams take second and third Friday, 24 May 2013 22:26 Capt. Steve Ahlers and his team aboard Spooked Again took home the first place winnings in the 2013 World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, held by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce. Read the Full Story

World's Richest, Kids Classic, Art Festival and street party schedule of events Friday, 24 May 2013 13:06
Schedule of events for the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, Gasparilla Island Kids Classic, Boca Grande Invitational Art Festival, and street party ... Read the Full Story

Happy Graduation to Abigail, Dafne, Luke and Jake, TIS 2013! Friday, 24 May 2013 10:19 BY MARCY SHORTUSE - Four tassels were turned on Thursday, May 23, as Luke Crosser, Dafne Garcia, Abigail Turner and Jake Van Atten graduated from fifth grade and from The Island School. Prior to their commencement ceremony the four, with the help of others, did a “dramatic statues” and chant performance. Afterward, the third, fourth and fifth graders all participated in a song called “Flip Flop,” written and produced by TIS music teacher Diana Donlon. Read the Full Story

FWC releases findings in Bull Bay accident Friday, 24 May 2013 10:17 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has completed its report on the two-boat accident in Bull Bay on April 12, and the FWC is holding both Jesse Smith and Capt. Steve Ahlers at fault. Smith, of Port Charlotte, was travelling southwest in a gray 18’ open motorboat. He turned to the south to enter a blind, narrow passage between two mangrove islands when he spotted Ahlers’ yellow boat heading in the opposite direction. Ahlers, of Boca Grande, was traveling northwest towards the same passage, with three passengers on board his 20-foot yellow boat. Read the Full Story

Boca Grande, Sweet Pea highlighted in June Vogue magazine shoot Friday, 24 May 2013 10:09 Boca Grande has been the location for an awful lot of photo shoots, so many we usually don’t report on them. But, a couple of months ago a very high-profile fashion magazine – Vogue, to be exact – turned up in town with an interesting model. Her name is Dree Hemingway, and she is the great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. Read the Full Story

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23 December 2011 Marcy Shortuse

The Boca Grande Community Health Clinic Foundation is raffling off a 2012 Fiat 500c, and there is still time to buy a few tickets to stuff into the stocking that has everything.

The convertible, which can be seen in front of the Clinic Annex on Park Avenue on most days, is the perfect size for zipping around the island. With the top down, you could enjoy the breeze and the Florida sunshine as you travel from home to the beach, or head downtown to grab a bite to eat or shop.

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Garden Club to host world-renowned gardener Epsom

23 December 2011 Marcy Shortuse

BY NORA LEA REEFE - At the Boca Grande Garden Club’s regular meeting at the Community Center at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11, Paul Epsom, English gardening correspondent for PBS’s “The Victory Garden,” will present “A Transplanted Englishman’s Five E’s of Gardening,” followed by tea and a plant sale in the Woman’s Club Room.

Known for his British humor, energy, and creative personal touch, he has won several Garden Globe awards for his TV work, as well as the “Gold Award for the Best Talent on Air.”

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Adult day respite in full swing at church

23 December 2011 Marcy Shortuse

The Adult Day Respite program is nearing six months and is fully operational. Applications are being accepted for participants to enroll in the program.

The program is designed for persons with early to mid-stage memory loss from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The Boca Grande Health Clinic is sponsoring the program, which began in July.

Sessions are held for participants on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The program is located in the D.L. Moody Fellowship Hall at the First Baptist Church of Boca Grande, 421 4th St.

Family members or caregivers of interested participants should contact Evelyn Darna at the Boca Grande Health Clinic, 964-2276, to apply for the program.

For more information about how you can participate or help support this program or become a volunteer please contact: Evelyn Darna or John Sielert, Boca Grande Health Clinic. You can call or email at info@bghc .org.

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Baby Zander born to Boca firefighter

23 December 2011 Marcy Shortuse

Boca baby Alexander Moore Jr., otherwise known as Zander, was born on November 21, 2011 in Sarasota Memorial Hospital, to Alex and Ashley Moore.

Alex has been a firefighter with the Boca Grande Fire Department for five years.

Zander weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at birth and measured 21 inches in length.

Welcoming Zander home are two sisters, Abbie, 3 1/2 and Lillianna, 1 1/2.

Enjoy those babies, Firefighter Alex!

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Obituary: Daisy Yolanda Romaro Park

23 December 2011 Last Updated on 23 December 2011 Marcy Shortuse

Daisy Yolanda Romaro Park of Cooperstown and Boca Grande, died unexpectedly on December 19, 2011 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.

Born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on August 4, 1942, Daisy was the daughter of the late Juan and Virginia (Rosado) Romaro. Sent to the mainland United States as a young child to be educated, Daisy attended a convent school in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from which she was graduated in 1960. She was married to Robert T. Park at St. John the Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., on September 16, 1961. She made her home and raised her young family in Brooklyn before moving to Cherry Valley in 1978 and to Cooperstown in 1988.