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CEO of U.S. Sugar speaks to island crowd
January 5, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN When U.S. Sugar CEO Robert Buker took the stage at the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium on Wednesday evening to discuss Florida’s sugar industry, audience questions following …
Perry Johnson to present program to Camera Club regarding digital imaging
January 5, 2018
■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE CAMERA CLUB On Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. in the Houghton Room of the Boca Grande Community Center, commercial photographer and graphic designer Perry Johnson will sp…
The Boca Girls bring an evening of fun to Boca Grande
January 5, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT
On Friday, Jan. 19 Royal Palm Players presents a one-night-only event guaranteed to raise your spirits as you raise a glass of wine. It’s “The Boca Girls,” and it’s a spoof. A readin…
C.L. Fornari to speak on ‘Creating the Cocktail Garden’
January 5, 2018
■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB The Boca Grande Garden Club will host the well-known author, radio commentator, newspaper columnist, and gardening legend, C.L. Fornari, who will speak on…
Profile Eric Hronowski
January 5, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN Eric Hronowski has visited many countries, and he continues to have a keen interest in travel. But recently he’s been spending most of his days in Boca Grande. Eric currently co-mana…
Obituary Virginia ‘Jinny’ Estelle Garrett Cunning
January 5, 2018
Virginia “Jinny” Estelle Garrett Cunning, 100 years of age, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017 at Elizabeth House, a hospice facility in Flat Rock, N.C. Jinny was born in 1917 in Brooklyn, Ne…
Obituary Calvert Cottrell Groton
January 5, 2018
Calvert Cottrell Groton, 87, of Boca Grande died on December 25, 2017. He was the youngest son of the Rev. John Mansfield Groton and Anngenette Cottrell Groton of Westerly, R.I. He is survived by h…
Miss Costa the great white skims our shore and heads to St. Pete
January 5, 2018
To the Editor: A 12-foot long great white shark weighing nearly 1,700 pounds recently journeyed away from its normal stomping grounds and is swimming off the coast of Tampa Bay. Miss Costa is an im…
Traffic notice
December 29, 2017
Provided by Lee County Sheriff’s Office The Lee County Sheriff’s Office, in the interest of public safety, has issued a traffic notice. There will be one-way traffic at Fourth Street and Bayou Aven…
Here’s your New Year’s Eve/Day schedule …
December 29, 2017
New Year’s Eve at The Crowninshield 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Crowninshield Community House Tickets $75, (941) 286-5647 Fireworks at Millers Marina at 10:15 p.m. Music from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.