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Historical Society elects six new board members at annual meeting

SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY At their annual meeting on Tuesday, April 19, the Boca Grande Historical Society announced six new board members – Rick Gans, George Hamrick, Johns...

New fire boat provides state-of-the-art technology to save more lives

SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE FIRE DEPARTMENT The Boca Grande Fire Department recently took delivery of their new fire boat. The new boat replaces the old boat that had been in service for over 11...

Royal Palm Players ‘Encore! Encore!’ celebrates 32 years

BY NANCY WHITE Recently the Royal Palm Players presented an evening celebrating 32 years of staged comedies, dramas, musicals and readings, entertaining the Boca Grande community and concluding...

‘No whine’ wine and wickets

April 8, 2022
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BY NANCY WHITE On Monday, March 28 and Tuesday, March 29, members of the Gasparilla Mallet Club competed against each other in Boca Grande’s first Golf Croquet Doubles Tournament. The Mallet...

The loss of a legendary chef, and friend

BY CHEF TIM SPAIN Unfortunately, my friend Chef Josh Orlick, passed away last week. He will be sorely missed. Josh and I worked together on several occasions in Boca Grande. He was the first person...

Saving the Annie-T, a gem of a sloop

April 8, 2022
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SUBMITTED BY THE GULF SHORES MARITIME MUSEUM On rare occasions people and circumstances come together at just the right time to create something special … the stars just seem to align, so...

SUNCOAST SAL: SHS joins the Giving Challenge 2022

Suncoast Humane Society will join over 700 other nonprofits for The Giving Challenge 2022, a 24-hour online giving event that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations...

The ‘Process’

April 1, 2022
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Hanging an art show isn’t nearly as easy as you think BY BARBARA H HUGHES Tonalism was a nineteenth century art movement seeking the return to nature in a world, which had rapidly turned toward...

A beautiful story from an island legend recently passed … thank you, Jane

April 1, 2022
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Last week Gary Carlson and his brothers held a celebration of life for Jane Carlson, a long-time resident of Boca Grande. While he was cleaning out her home, he came across three versions of...

Boca Grande talks Boston: an overlooked past of an autonomous ‘city-state’

April 1, 2022
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SUBMITTED BY THE FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE This Saturday, April 9 at 4:30 p.m., the Friends of Boca Grande the Community Center presents Yale History Professor Mark Peterson. As part of the Friends’...