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Thankful for another successful Halloween Walk
November 10, 2017
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Halloween Walk was a thrilling success. Thank you to all the businesses that make this tradition possible. Our island’s little ones are thankful for all the yummy tre…
Start tying those flies: Annual GIFT tournament November 21
November 3, 2017
■ STAFF REPORT This year the 24th annual Gasparilla Island Flyfishing Tournament, (G.I.F.T) will benefit the Boca Grande Pass Web Cam and Sunset Web Cam project. As always, the G.I.F.T tournament w…
Literature Forum begins new season with ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
November 3, 2017
■ STAFF REPORT The Literature Forum will inaugurate its 2017-18 season on Thursday, Nov. 7 with a presentation of “All Quiet On The Western Front.” Erich Maria Remarque, who served in the German ar…
Island School students learn conflict resolution in peer mediation skills program
November 3, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN Seven students at The Island School were selected at the beginning of the school year to be part of a program called “Peer Mediation.” The student trainees have been practicing confl…
Profile Tony Zaranti
November 3, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN Tony Zaranti is passionate about high-quality food and wine service, and that makes him an ideal leader as the new general manager of the Boca Bay Pass Club. Tony was born in Chicago…
Memorial service for Mitchell Brock
November 3, 2017
Mitchell Brock Nov. 10,1927 – July 22, 2017 Please save the date for Mitchell Brock’s memorial service, to be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. A reception wi…
Just more reasons we are blessed to be here in Boca Grande
November 3, 2017
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This past Saturday was the traditional Halloween Carnival, an event that island kids have treasured for almost 40 years. It was raining by the time the carnival began, but that …
Be ready to face challenges to GICIA
November 3, 2017
To the Editor: Susan Hanafee has done our island a great favor by researching and describing for us the tortured history of the Gasparilla Island Act. I hope our residents have taken the time to re…
New RPP president ready to get some new faces on the stage
October 27, 2017
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Royal Palm Players will start their 2017-18 season this November with a look at male/female relationships and a new president named Hal McCombs … and Hal is hoping you will …
Dennis Whigham to address Garden Club regarding orchids
October 27, 2017
■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On Wednesday, Nov. 1 at the season-opening meeting of the Boca Grande Garden Club’s 20th year, Dennis Whigham, an extraordinary orchid ecologist with the …