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Island author Roger Howe will give ‘Farm Kid’s Journey’ presentation at Fust
STAFF REPORT – Island author Roger Howe will give a presentation in the Johann Fust Library Loggia on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at …
What’s that in the sky? Why, it’s a Jungle Penetrator!
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you were wondering why there was so much helicopter activity over the south end of the island this …
OBITUARY: Richard ‘Dick’ Meister
Richard T. (Dick) Meister, 100, a longtime resident of Waite Hill, Ohio and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully on January…
PROFILE: David Sparks
BY SUE ERWIN – Island author David Sparks knows a thing or two abou…
Community planning group answers residents’ questions at introductory meeting
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – A name that hasn’t hit the headlines in a very,…
Johnson’s attorney files countermotion in ‘rocks’ suit
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The case of the 3rd Street rocks continues, as council for local historian Robert Johnson has filed a …
A little charcuterie, a little chocolate … a whole lotta ‘Taste!’
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The moment we have all been waiting for is almost upon us for the 2020 Taste of Boca Grande, so we hop…
It’s ‘Love Lines’ time again!
It’s almost time to start writing those valentines! If you want to submit a valentine for this year’s Friday, Feb. 14 edit…
Drainpipe work coming to a close soon
STAFF REPORT – East Railroad Avenue will be closed to through traffic at the intersection of 7th Street and East Railroad…
‘Love Island’ star Elizabeth Weber has island ties
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – When 24-year-old Elizabeth Weber was contacted through Instagram by someone who claimed to be working …