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Friends of Boca Grande announces sponsorship opportunities that will get you the ‘good seats’ for jazz

F or 10 years, “All That Jazz” has been a Friends of Boca Grande standout music series, and has become an exclusive sold-out event each season. Now after a two-week presale window for last season’s...

OBITUARY: Norman George

July 29, 2022
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Norman Darrell George, 83, passed away on July 24, 2022. As a native of Pennsylvania, it is not surprising that Norm received his bachelor of science degree in business at Bucknell University. It...

OBITUARY: Marjorie Ann Triebold

July 29, 2022
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Marjorie Ann Triebold (Schonath) went to her eternal home on July 22, 2022. Marge was born on January 6, 1937 to John and Martha (Hoppe) Schonath in Whitewater, Wisconsin. She graduated from Whitewater...

Island charter captain’s boat stolen from island

A boat theft from a Gasparilla Island residence turned into a police chase through two counties on Saturday, July 16. The boat was recovered with minor damage and the subject was arrested.Tristan Eugene...

Business owners, residents – make sure you are hurricane ready!

With August 1 coming up quickly, that means that the peak of hurricane season is as well. While we are lucky so far in 2022, that doesn’t mean we are out of the woods. In fact, most hurricanes occur...

OBITUARY: Todd Vaughan

July 21, 2022
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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Todd Kirkpatrick Vaughan on July 11, 2022 at home on Boca Grande.Todd finally succumbed to battling cancer at the age of 80. Todd is survived...

OBITUARY: Dr. Dick Morrison

July 21, 2022
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Dr. Richard (Dick) Morrison, 86, died July 5, 2022, at Tidewell Hospice House. He was born Nov. 10, 1935 to Russell and Sylvia Morrison in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Venice, Fla. in 1970. In Venice...