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Winner, winner – a French-themed dinner! Island residents reap benefits of 2019 Strawberry Festival winnings
STAFF REPORT – Ooh, la la! That is what guests had to say as they entered the Lavender Bistro on Pilot Street Friday evening…
(You don’t read this headline every day) History Bytes begins the season with a stripping Pilgrim
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Not one, but two, speakers were at the first installment of the History Bytes program held on Wednesday…
History sets sail: Boca Grande gets a first look at the Mayflower II
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the Boca Grande Historical Society and History Center invited the community to parta…
Grande Glee performance to usher in beginning of Film Fest
STAFF REPORT – It’s the night before the Boca Grande Film Festival o…
Take your ‘Leading Lady’ to RPP production for Valentine’s weekend
STAFF REPORT – Tickets are selling quickly for the next Royal Palm Pl…
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 4…
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 we…
OBITUARY: Richard ‘Dick’ Meister
Richard T. (Dick) Meister, 100, a longtime resident of Waite Hill, Ohio and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully on January 2…
PROFILE: David Sparks
BY SUE ERWIN – Island author David Sparks knows a thing or two about political science, congressional campaigns and writing…
Community planning group answers residents’ questions at introductory meeting
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – A name that hasn’t hit the headlines in a very, very long time is back, as the Boca Grande Community Pla…