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Celebrate your heart in February
January 29, 2021
PROVIDED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – When it comes to affairs of the heart, you are never too old or too young to take steps that could change your own or a loved one’s life. Almost 15.4 mil…
Celebrate ‘Souper Bowl’ to benefit Zoe
January 29, 2021
BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Super Bowl Sunday will take on a new meaning at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church on Feb. 7 as local chefs and volunteers offer a delicious variety of soups for sale to bene…
A Taste of Paris in Boca Grande: Spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce and shrimp
January 29, 2021
Braden Perkins was born in New Orleans Louisiana and grew up in Boston. Braden worked for four years with celebrity chef Tom Douglas in Seattle. In 2011 Braden and his partner, Laura Adrian, opened…
For the love of a good mystery: Boca Grande Sleuths
January 29, 2021
BY SUSAN HANAFEE – A body. Clues. Even a red herring or two. All these elements of a mystery are what bring together participants in what is believed to be Boca Grande’s oldest book club – the Sleu…
Sleuth sidebar: An interview with Martin Walker
January 29, 2021
Note: Journalist and mystery writer Martin Walker’s annual appearance on the island – this one a virtual talk on global issues pertaining to Europe – courtesy of the Friends of Boca Grande will be …
Internationally-known florists to speak at Garden Club
January 29, 2021
BY CATHY BALLMAN – Authors Greg Campbell and Erick New have cut a unique path in the world of flowers and they are coming to Boca Grande to tell Garden Club members all about it. On Wednesday, Feb….
Girl with local ties out of remission and needing donors and donations
January 29, 2021
BY TONYA BRAMLAGE – Island postal contractor Tom Gardner is asking for assistance from our island community to help his daughter, Heather, in her fight with leukemia.
Two years ago the Boca Beacon …
St. Andrew’s announces first ‘Faith and …’ speaker for next week
January 29, 2021
STAFF REPORT – On Thursday, Feb. 4 at 4:30 p.m. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will present a unique series of installments program called, “Faith and …” that will begin with historian Steven E. …
OBITUARY: Dickie Coleman
January 29, 2021
Raymond Ashley Coleman (also known as “Dickie” and “Pop Pop”), 79 years of age, passed peacefully on Sunday, January 24, 2021. He will be greatly missed by his wife Leslie, his children Matthew (Kr…
PROFILE: Mark Driscoll
January 29, 2021
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – When Mark Driscoll was a little boy, all he wanted to do was be a fighter pilot. Generations of Driscolls had been in law enforcement and the military, or worked for other gover…