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119,000 cars? Yep. It was a record-breaking March at the toll booth

April 10, 2015
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BY JACK SHORT The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority provided numbers last week showing that things have been – well, just about as busy as they ever have. March saw the most traffic the bridge...

Back Bay action, art, music and more this weekend

The Boca Grande Art Alliance invites everyone to come see the works of the Boca Grande Art Alliance members and students in the Member & Student Show that runs Friday, April 10, through Sunday,...

Boca Grande firefighters invite you to a round of golf in May

April 10, 2015
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The time is now to sign up for the First Annual Boca Grande Firefighters Benevolent Fund Golf Tournament, scheduled for Saturday May 2 at the Rotonda Golf & Country Club. Tournament proceeds...

Civil War Symposium speaker talks historical importance of the blue and the gray

April 10, 2015
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BY JACK SHORT A century and a half, and a day, before you read this sentence, the civil war ended, marked by Grant’s acceptance of Lee’s surrender. Five days after that, Lincoln was assassinated. It...

Garden Club holds annual tour, elects new officers

April 10, 2015
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SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Beautiful Boca Grande sunshine and exceptionally gorgeous gardens made last Wednesday’s Annual Garden Tour of the Boca Grande Garden Club a very special...

Historic Board elects new chair and vice chair … and finally realize Bob Vila’s greatness

April 10, 2015
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The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board met on April 8 to grant one property contributing status and to elect a new chair and vice chair. Tim Seibert, an outspoken member of the board who can...

Fire Department traveling by boat and truck for many emergencies

April 10, 2015
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The Boca Grande Fire Department had a busy weekend for calls. Perhaps the most noteworthy of them involved assistance provided to the United States Coast Guard as they retrieved a man in the midst...

Profile: Nancy McBean, a bridge-playing machine

BY JACK SHORT If you happen to wander into a meeting of the most prominent bridge club on the island, they might strike you as a pretty homogenous group, quietly pouring over what seems, to the...

Obituary: Phyllis Clark Daughtrey

April 10, 2015
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Mrs. Phyllis Clark Daughtrey, 80, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015, at her home in Fort Meade, Fla. Mrs. Daughtrey was born November 28, 1934, in Noblesville, Ind. and been a resident of Fort...

Obituary: David Shawn Hugger

April 10, 2015
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David Shawn Hugger, son of Karen and Richard Hugger and father of Liam Hugger, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Hope Hospice in Cape Coral. He was born in Akron, Ohio on November 16, 1969. David...