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Unprecedented! RPP announces fourth show

March 13, 2015
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For the first time in Royal Palm Players’ 25-year history, an extra matinee has been added to the musical next weekend. Performances on March 12 – 15 now include a matinee and an evening show...

Erin and Oli are back! Stop by next week for a trunk show at The Inn

March 13, 2015
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE Erin Kaleel, an island resident who now lives primarily in Asheville, N.C., will be back on-island next week for a trunk show at The Gasparilla Inn & Club with her eco-friendly...

Profile: Susan Schultz

March 13, 2015
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BY JACK SHORT Susan Schultz has settled nicely into the Florida lifestyle. An entertaining aficionada, sultan of shopping, regent of rentals, and barrister of backyard barbecues, she knows how to...

Boca Grande travels to Cuba: Trial by fire

March 13, 2015
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BY JACK SHORT The following is an ongoing recollection of a recent mission trip to Cuba made by the Boca Grande United Methodist Church. This is part two. The six missionaries on the trip led...

BG Charities to donate $10,000 to fund STEM program

March 13, 2015
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BY JACK SHORT Lemon Bay Conservancy and Boca Grande Charities, Inc, recently announced a joint effort to help some local middle and high school students prepare for biological research and field...

5F v BGIPOA: It may be wrapped up – then again, maybe not

March 13, 2015
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BY JACK SHORT The most recent development in the ongoing dispute between the Boca Grande Isles Property Owners’ Association and 5F, the corporation that owns the submerged plats surrounding the...

BIPS formally undertakes Range Light restoration

March 13, 2015
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BY JACK SHORT The Barrier Island Parks Society has formally undertaken the Range Light restoration, though the preparatory process goes back several years. At their meeting on Wednesday, March...

Islanders discuss possibility of new restaurant coming to town

March 13, 2015
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BY JACK SHORT Representatives of 111 Damfiwill, LLC., presented plans to the public on Tuesday, March 10, to renovate the shop at 360 Park Ave. and build a restaurant next door, at 354 Park Ave.,...

Obituary: Larry D. Umlauf

March 6, 2015
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Larry D. Umlauf, Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, died on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 at the age of 87. Preceded in death by his father, Lige D. Umlauf; his mother, Cleo O. Umlauf;...

Obituary: Janet Eustis Butts

March 6, 2015
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Janet Eustis Butts (“Jill”), formerly from Wellesley, East Falmouth and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully on February 19, 2015 at the age of 89 at Foxhill Village, Westwood, Mass. She was the...