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Ugly sweaters, pretty flowers at December Chamber Mixer
■ STAFF REPORT Boca Blooms will host the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce December Chamber Mixer on Thursday, Dec. 19 fr…
Historic Preservation Board approves Gasparilla Inn Beach Club Phase II plan, Gilchrist Avenue garage
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Beach Club rehabilitation, a taller garage vs. a small house, and giving contributing status to a ho…
First female to walk in space awes crowd at Community Center presentation
■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Retired NASA astronaut Dr. Kathryn Sullivan explained to a curious crowd at the Boca Grande Community Cente…
Shark research expert speaks to island crowd: Unama’ki makes her way to the Pass
■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Dr. Robert Hueter is what some people may call a sha…
Homeless, Part III: Project Phoenix helps many rise from the ashes
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Some people stand out in a crowd, and for all dif…
Bush, Grace, Seitz and more to perform Royal Palm Players’ adaptation of ‘Hands Across the Sea’
■ BY DAVID SPARKS A one-act, one-hour Noel Coward play, buffet dinner by the Pass Club’s Michael Klocinski, some of our favo…
Profile: E. Kay Gibson
■ BY SUE ERWIN When Elizabeth “Kay” Gibson recently spent some time in Boca Grande, she recalled when she and her husband Ch…
Funds to complete new floating rescue dock have been received
■ BY SUE ERWIN Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno visited Boca Grande on Wednesday, Dec. 11 to present a check to help fund…
Looking for fun gifts for the holidays? Here are a few ideas
■ STAFF REPORT Finding the perfect gift for some people is very difficult, which can make Christmas shopping a little less f…
Rosemary F. Bowler — August 24, 1929 – July 26, 2019
A celebration of the life of Boca Grande resident Rosemary F. Bowler, Ph.D., will be held on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 at 4:30…