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OBITUARY: Patricia Leggat

May 4, 2023
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Obituaries

Patricia Bowler Leggat, longtime Cohasset, Mass. resident, died peacefully on April 20, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. She was 93 years old. Patricia was born to Dr. John Pollard Bowler...

Knight named new BGHS president, Blaha to serve as vice president

Johns Knight is the newly-elected president of the Boca Grande Historical Society. The Knight family came to Florida in 1840, settling first in Manatee County and later in Charlotte County. Before...

It was a sad farewell on Sunday, April 23 at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande, as Rev. Martyn Atkins took his leave of us and heads back over the pond to England.Rev. Martyn started...

Celebration of Life for Stuart Hoeckel announced

April 27, 2023
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Obituaries

A Celebration of Life will be held for Stuart Hoeckel on Saturday, May 6 from 7:30 p.m. until sunset at Stump Pass Marina on Maryland Avenue in Grove City. That will be followed by an evening of...

Celebration of Life for Elsie Bracken announced

April 27, 2023
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Obituaries

A Celebration of Life for Elsie Bracken will be held on Saturday, May 6 at 1 p.m. at the Crowninshield Community House. Light refreshments will be served.

Hang tag program update and more from the Fire Department

April 20, 2023
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News, Police & Fire

Since Hurricane Ian, the Boca Grande Fire Department has been working hard to update and finesse certain policies and procedures to optimize response to such natural disasters. One of those policies...

OBITUARY: Elsie Bracken

Elsie Selden Bracken, 90, died April 15, 2023, peacefully at home in Boca Grande, FL. She was born in North Carolina. She lived in Sarasota and later moved to Boca Grande, in 1978. She was famous...

Eat the food, hear the message

April 13, 2023
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News

‘Kelp’ dinner includes lobster, oysters, red snapper and more As a young ﬁsherman, Bren Smith spent years working long shifts on commercial trawlers that wreaked destruction along the ocean ﬂoor...

Follow-up to last week’s PanCan Walk article …

The Boca Grande PurpleStride PanCan walk to raise funds for research and treatment of pancreatic cancer that we wrote about last week will be held on April 29, meeting under the sunshade at the Boca...

A little more info on the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve walks

April 13, 2023
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News

There are a wide variety of guided nature walks at the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve coming this spring. These walks will include viewing natural habitats of resident birds and butterflies, flowers...