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Get tickets now for the BGWC fashion show
The second semi-annual Boca Grande Woman’s Club Fashion Show and Luncheon will be held at The Gasparilla Inn on February 22…
OBITUARY: Helen Johnson Palmer
Helen Johnson Palmer, 94, of Evanston, Ill. Devoted wife for 61 years of the late Robert Wayne Palmer; loving mother of Nanc…
Get ready for some outdoor music in the park with Sand Dollar Sessions
Boca Grande Charities will host its second free outdoor concert on Wednesday, Dec. 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Boca Grande Co…
CHEC to host fundraiser focusing on the importance of native plants
Join Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center (CHEC) on January 23 from…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Englewood Bank & Trust accepting ‘Toys for Tots’
To the Editor: Kevin Hagan, president of Englewood Bank & Trust…
EDITORIAL: Sometimes there’s a little bit of justice
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If the names Michael Wenzel, Robert Lee Benac and Spencer Heintz mean anything to you, you’ve probably h…
OBITUARY: Jane Peacock Kirkbride
Harriette (Jane) Peacock Kirkbride died peacefully on December 3, 2017 at Shell Point in Ft. Myers, Fla. She was born on Feb…
PROFILE: Robert Domke
BY SUE ERWIN – Robert Domke has been spending summers in Southwest Florida since he was 10 years old. His grandparents lived…
Gettin’ festive on the beach with the Lighthouse lighting
■ STAFF REPORT The Barrier Island Parks Society and Florida Park Service will be holding their annual celebration of the lig…
Lynne Olson To Bring Last Hope Island to Gasparilla Island
■ MARY COOK World War II historian Lynne Olson returns next week to talk about “Last Hope Island, Occupied Europe and the Br…