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‘Leading Ladies’ a rollicking good comedy featuring some amazing Royal Palm Players
BY BOOTS TOLSDORF – If you are lucky enough to have a ticket for the performance of “Leading Ladies,” directed by lovable,…
Island campaign reception brings about a very presidential contribution
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno was the guest at a special fundraiser here on the island recently a…
‘Coffee with a Scientist’ features Dr. Locascio and snook recovery
STAFF REPORT – Join Dr. James Locascio, program manager of Mote’s Fisheries Habitat Ecology and Acoustics program, for cof…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanking two ‘gems’ of Boca Grande
To the Editor: Two years ago, when my father’s signet ring had worn…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Has our geological life been improved?
To the Editor: As a new arrival whose first swim in the Gulf was en…
GUEST EDITORIAL: A million-dollar incentive gift for Suncoast
SUBMITTED BY SUNCOAST HUMANE SOCIETY – Suncoast Humane Society (SHS) is charged up to complete their Capital Campaign to b…
OBITUARY: Allen C. ‘Bud’ Boucher
Allen C. “Bud” Boucher of Pittsford, N.Y. and Boca Grande passed away on February 5, 2020. He was born in Rochester, N.Y. …
PROFILE: John Paul Turner
BY SUE ERWIN – John Paul Turner may have been born in Sarasota, but he’s a true Boca Grande local. “I think as soon as I c…
A Promenade compromise has been reached! ‘Stonehenge’ has been moved to allow safe passage
In an act of good faith and a love of our island community, the owners of the property located on the Promenade at 3rd St…
GIBA discusses new sidewalk to Bike Path, Watkins re-elected as chairman
BY KATHY BANSON-VERRICO – A new sidewalk from North Gulf Shores to the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Bike…