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Lance and Susan Brind Morrow to speak at Fust Library

March 17, 2022
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BY JANE GENIESSE Dare we call them learned? Why not? They are wordsmiths, absorbed with history, literature and languages. They have traveled far and written eloquently of what they saw. Now Lance...

‘The Fantasticks’:

Come check out RPP’s rendition of The Wall, sweet Luisa and more (and don’t forget Henry’s famous bottom) BY RPP’S BOOTS TOLSDORF I sit here with my phone on a synonym app because I...

GICIA and The Island School work to highlight Bike Path safety

March 11, 2022
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SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA Spring is in the air. Warm weather and beautiful days mean island activities are picking up and there are increased numbers of users on the GICIA Bike Path. In a continuing...

Art in Bloom returns for 2022 at Art Center

March 11, 2022
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BY CATHY BALLMAN Always a highpoint of the Boca arts calendar, “Art in Bloom” is back after a two year hiatus. Introduced in 2013, this is the seventh edition of the always popular event. The dates...

Shake a tree and a Futch will fall out on March 22

BY KAREN GRACE AND THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER On Tuesday, March 22, David Futch will return to Boca Grande to speak at the last Historical Society lecture of the season and launch his recently...

Boots is coming back to the post office … and she’s bringing beads

BY BOOTS TOLSDORF Decision made: After two years of not selling beads down by the Boca Grande Post office, I am coming back! Look for me, weather permitting, on Friday, March 11 a.m. (Thursday if...

Friends of the Everglades to host presentation on water crisis at Power House in March

February 24, 2022
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BY EVE SAMPLES, DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES How much progress has been made since the toxic-algae crisis that devastated Boca Grande and other Florida communities in 2018? How likely...

Garden Club to welcome world-class farmer of Zonneveld

February 24, 2022
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SUBMITTED BY CATHY BALLMAN, BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB CORRESPONDENT Just because you can get most anything all the time, doesn’t mean you should. Probably words to live by but for internationally...

‘Proof’ sets premise for RPP’s ‘The Fantasticks’ in March

BY NANCY WHITE Last week’s sold-out table readings of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Proof is evidence of The Royal Palm Players’ spectacular season of rebounding from Covid. The enjoyment sparked...

Economic Summit 2022

February 23, 2022
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Special to the Boca Beacon by the presenters of the 2022 summit What’s the number one issue on most people’s minds these days? It’s the economy, of course. And who better to provide insight on the...