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PROFILE: Skip Branin
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Francis ‘Skip’ Branin has dedicated his work to preserving financial stability within the community of…
EDITORIAL: Helen Thrash Fraser
Helen Thrash Fraser passed away at home on March 20, 2020. She was born in 1930 to Dorothy Louise King and Charles Wilson Th…
GUEST EDITORIAL: A different kind of Holy Week
BY I am writing this on April Fools’ Day. Yet, none of us are fools during this time. The rise of COVID-19 has given all of…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What a blessing it is to live here
To the Editor, Gotta love this town. My golf cart was stolen and wrec…
Home is where the health is: Governor issues Executive Order 2020-91 ‘Safer at Home’
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – In a move that surprised many, Florida Governor R…
Community Planning Panel survey results continue to be received, but more responses are requested
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The survey being taken by the Boca Grande Community Planning Association continues on, and so far respon…
Updated Clinic policies spurred by COVID-19 concerns for those at risk
BY HILJA BILODEAU – The coronavirus has been reported in all 50 states, even those considered off the beaten path like West…
From the BGHC: The price we pay to be safe
BY DALY WALKER, MD – As Boca Grande waits to see what the Coronavirus is going to do next, it is eerie, almost apocalyptical…
A silver lining: Amidst the chaos, some normalcy
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – In spite of the Coronavirus pandemic, nobody has to miss their yoga classes, chorus rehearsals, or Sunda…
Hudson’s, post office take action to prevent illness
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The island has begun to change amid the Coronavirus updates. Local businesses are left to contemplate th…