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2020: It was … a year … ?
January 1, 2021
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There’s a lot that can be said about the year 2020, and while we try not to dwell on bad news, not much of it was good. The best way to sum it up was like this:
In January, Aust…
New Year’s resolution 2021: A (last) word from Dr. Ervin
January 1, 2021
BY THOMAS J ERVIN, MD – We have somehow made it to the final week of 2020. Humorously it can be said that we can all look back at the first year of the pandemic, with usually accurate 20/20 vision….
PROFILE: Tonya Bramlage
January 1, 2021
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There are few things in Tonya Bramlage’s world that interest her that she hasn’t dove into wholeheartedly. From cooking to nature studies to healthy living, she isn’t one to wai…
Have you seen the new Boca Grande Health Clinic website?
January 1, 2021
BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO OF THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – We are excited to announce the launch of Boca Grande Health Clinic’s newly designed website, bghc.org/. Our goal with this new website is to…
Water use goals met, wastewater facility construction on track
January 1, 2021
BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION – The Gasparilla Island Water Association’s annual membership meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Boca Grande Community Center, wit…
David Futch to host virtual presentation for BGHS this month
January 1, 2021
STAFF REPORT – The history of Boca Grande is full of stories. Some of them are charming, some funny, some outrageous. David Futch has included many of them in his upcoming memoir/history about Boca…
OBITUARY: DORCAS AMOS
January 1, 2021
Dorcas Taylor Amos; bright spirit to those she met, wife, mother, grandmother, died peacefully on December 22, 2020 in Sarasota.
She is survived by her husband of 63 yrs., Donald Amos; their childr…
OBITUARY: William W. Deupree Jr.
January 1, 2021
On Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 William “Bill” W. Deupree, Jr. passed peacefully surrounded by family in Boca Grande. He lived a full life as a hard-working executive followed by a passionate pursuit of…
On the front lines of the COVID-19 battle: A leader in infectious disease research discloses what he has learned about the Moderna vaccine
December 24, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE- For Dr. Richard Novak, a “vacation” in the time of COVID-19 is a bit of an oxymoron, yet he is giving it a try this week at one of his favorite places, Little Gasparilla Island. …
BGHS COVID-19 information kit available electronically
December 24, 2020
BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC- The welcome back health kit the Boca Grande Health Clinic distributed to help returning residents and visitors get up to speed on “all things COVID-19” was recentl…