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From the Boca Grande History Center: Delmar Fugate and the Pink Elephant (Part II of a series)

August 27, 2021
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Submitted by the Boca Grande History Center In our August 6 edition of the Boca Beacon we ran part I to this series featuring the Fugate family of Boca Grande, compiled from Boca Grande History...

OBITUARY: Carol Elwood

August 20, 2021
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Carol Nancy Marilyn Maass Elwood, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Cresco, Iowa passed away on Monday, August 16, 2021, at the Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, after being diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas...

GIBA board discusses toll revenue, bridge painting and more at quarterly board meeting

August 20, 2021
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Submitted by the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Toll revenue was up by comparison with the same months in 2020 by 10 percent in discount passes and 21 percent in cash (non-discounted) tolls,...

OBITUARY: J.S. Lane

August 16, 2021
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John Samuel “J.S.” Lane passed away on August 16, 2021 from COVID complications. He was born on May 28, 1934. John was born in Louisville, KY to Eura Gilbert Lane and Bessie Lee Hopewell Lane. His...

OBITUARY: Howard Bruce Witt

August 13, 2021
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Howard Bruce Witt, 81, of Chicago, IL and Boca Grande passed away on August 3, 2021. He was born May 17, 1940. Howard was the retired president, CEO and chairman of the board of Littelfuse, Inc. He...

The Boca Grande History Center presents ‘The Fugate Family in Boca Grande’

August 6, 2021
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BY KAREN GRACE AND THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER The first Fugate in Boca Grande was Jerome who arrived by train and ferry in 1909 before the railroad trestle to the north end of the Island had...

We’re #1! Oh, wait …Florida first for COVID cases, and Delta is in town

August 6, 2021
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SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC The Delta variant of the coronavirus has arrived on island with the Clinic seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases this past week including symptomatic infections...

July 23, 2021
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Two separate construction projects in the same area have been raising some questions, especially because they involve water running off into Charlotte Harbor and the Bayou. The first project is...