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OBITUARY: Marjorie Ann Moore
June 11, 2021
Marjorie Ann Moore, 81, of Kirkwood, Missouri, passed Monday, May 31, 2021, after a courageous eight-year battle with lung cancer. Marjorie was a great friend, wonderful mother, and even better wife…
OBITUARY: Ann L. Gallagher
June 11, 2021
Ann L. Gallagher entered Heaven on June 2, 2021, leaving a bevy of friends and family members who will never forget her vivacious personality, intellectual curiosity, love of reading and willingness…
An insider’s guide to the perfect Key lime pie
June 11, 2021
BY T MICHELE WALKER – Pi Day may be March 14 (get it, 3.14), and as we all know, National Pie Day is January 23. But in the summer heat in Boca Grande, every day is Key lime pie Day.
Key lime pie is…
Have you seen the Clinic’s new website? It was designed just for you
June 8, 2021
BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO OF THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – Just a little over five months ago, we launched Boca Grande Health Clinic’s newly redesigned website – bghc.org/ – with a goal to provide our…
GICIA celebrates 50-year anniversary with restoration of walking path curbing
June 8, 2021
SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association is pleased to announce that the work to restore the GICIA Walking Path began on Tuesday, June 1. The 3.5-mile s…
Local first responders kept busy this Memorial Day weekend
June 8, 2021
STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Fire Department, Lee County EMS and the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office was busy this past Memorial Day weekend with multiple calls that included a golf cart accident…
Local woman who donated kidney gets to see how her gift of life saved a very grateful Clearwater man
June 8, 2021
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Last year we brought you the story of a South Gulf Cove woman, Jennifer Stanton, who had given the gift of life to an anonymous person in need: In an action of sheer bravery and s…
SPECIAL HEALTH SEGMENT: The quest for a good night’s sleep
June 8, 2021
“To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub …”
– Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
BY T MICHELE WALKER -Ah, that elusive night’s sleep. A good night’s sleep, or rather, the process of getting t…
As far as the NHR, our fate lies in the hand of the National Registry Keeper
May 30, 2021
BY SUSAN HANAFEE – A representative of Florida’s Department of State has conceded that the effort to list part of Boca Grande’s residential district on the National Register of Historic Places has be…
The WRTT ‘Grande Tradition’ to honor island fishing legends Bracken and Futch
May 30, 2021
BY WESLEY LOCKE, WORLD’S RICHEST TARPON TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – The World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament is routed in the rich history of Traditional Live Bait Tarpon fishing in Boca Grande Pass. In the 8…