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History Bytes: Hendry discusses ‘The Fort’ and cows
■ BY SUE ERWIN Sixth-generation Floridian Hank Hendry spoke to a crowd at the final History Bytes event of the season on W…
Profile: Kathy Berry
■ BY SUE ERWIN Kathy Berry has been working hard for the past several months to make sure that the annual Boca Grande Bike…
Joseph and the Amazing Grande Glee Concert
■ BY ERICA RESS-MARTIN This April 2, 3 and 4, Grande Glee does something completely different when they sing their first f…
LBHS girls’ basketball team: Thank you!
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Woman’s Club would like to thank mem…
Obituary: James Hamilton Greer
James Hamilton Geer, 94, passed away peacefully on, March 15, 2019….
Did commissioner vote ‘yes’ when he just didn’t know?
To the Editor: On March 8, while reading the latest edition of the News-Press, I was surprised to see an article by Commis…
The beginning of spring is heralded with a great ‘Art in Bloom’ show
To the Editor: In Boca Grande, where seasons blur and winter is not cold, spring did nonetheless decidedly begin on March …
Thanks to all for a great ‘Photography as Art’ experience
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Camera Club would like to extend a big thanks to all who helped make this year’s “Photograp…
Letters from the overwhelmed side: Can’t we talk about leafblowers?
To the Editor: I composed a letter to my island neighbors recently regarding leafblowers, and how they were blowing that …
Cappy Joiner, Patriarch of The Pass: 1937 – 2019
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – How strange will it be to start the 2019 tarpon season out without Capt. Cappy Joiner’s voice on the r…