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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Coffee With a Scientist
April 20, 2023
This week Mote Marine Laboratories wrapped up its 2023 Coffee with a Scientist series of presentations at the Boca Grande Community Center. The series took deep dives, so to speak, into some of the…
Cell tower update from Boca Grande Cell Tower Committee
April 20, 2023
Submitted by the Boca Grande Cell Tower Committee
The current providers of cellular services have begun the promised activities of sustaining service for Boca Grande.
Verizon has filed an init…
The ‘Tiny Tarpon Tamer’ has been taken from us
April 20, 2023
Elsie Bracken:
1933 – 2023
The one man who could tame Elsie Bracken, has done so. God took her on April 15, 2023, and probably had no idea what he was getting himself into. One perfect d…
OBITUARY: Elsie Bracken
April 19, 2023
Elsie Selden Bracken, 90, died April 15, 2023, peacefully at home in Boca Grande, FL. She was born in North Carolina. She lived in Sarasota and later moved to Boca Grande, in 1978.
She was famo…
BGHPB hosts special presentation at monthly meeting about proposal to demo two Gilchrist structures
April 13, 2023
The April meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board, held on April 12, was far from being a simple one well in advance of the day it was held. Letters had been coming for quite some tim…
What exactly is the ‘Whispering Bench?
April 13, 2023
There’s a lot of speculation about a structural “folly” along The Promenade, located behind 161 Gilchrist Ave., called “The Whispering Bench,” or “Whispering Circle.” It was part of the large Crowni…
Eat the food, hear the message
April 13, 2023
‘Kelp’ dinner includes lobster, oysters, red snapper and more
As a young fisherman, Bren Smith spent years working long shifts on commercial trawlers that wreaked destruction along the ocean floor…
Follow-up to last week’s PanCan Walk article …
April 13, 2023
The Boca Grande PurpleStride PanCan walk to raise funds for research and treatment of pancreatic cancer that we wrote about last week will be held on April 29, meeting under the sunshade at the Boca…
Development threats to Warm Mineral Springs draws angry crowd
April 13, 2023
More than 100 angry people showed up for the North Port City Commission meeting earlier this week to object to what they see as the city’s attempt to railroad through the development of the Warm Min…
Better Shot program raises $70K for local youth scholarships
April 13, 2023
Helping the youth of our community. That’s the goal of the Lemon Bay Golf Club’s “A Better Shot” program. Golf is the vehicle the members of the Club use to help teach or reinforce responsibility, h…