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Profile: Debbie Hagstrom
July 11, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Debbie Hagstrom creates beautifully designed one of a kind silk scarves right in front of her customers. The artist visited Boca Grande in June. She was one of the vendors at the ann…
Obstacles in the ‘Promenade’ prompt questions of ownership yet again
July 5, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The right to roam the Promenade is being infringed once again, not only by overgrown bushes but by brand-new plantings right in the thoroughfare. This seems to have become an an…
Junior takes the 2019 Buckle!
July 5, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE It was a third-time honor for Capt. Lamar Joiner Jr. on Friday night at the Long Marsh Country Club in Rotonda, as he was awarded the 2019 Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle. It wa…
Southern Grand Slam Country Music Festival starts tonight
July 5, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Grab your hat and boots and get ready to dance. The Southern Grand Slam Concert is coming to Charlotte Sports Park on Saturday, July 6. Artists scheduled to perform include Darryl Wo…
Turtles are turtling all over the turtling place
July 5, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association would like to remind everyone that bright lighting could misdirect and disturb nesting sea turtles and their hatchlings, so beachgoers should a…
‘Operation Knot Lit’ to focus on holiday driving, boating
July 5, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is participating in “Operation Knot Lit,” a Florida Sheriffs Task Force initiative for enhanced enforcement that will run through the 4th of Jul…
The road that once was …
July 5, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT In 1907 the Boca Grande Land Company was created to carry out a joint venture between Albert Gilchrist and the American Agricultural Chemical Company, and the land currently containe…
Stop in Englewood for Ringling art
July 5, 2019
The Ringling College of Art and Design and the Englewood Art Center present a summer art market on Friday, July 12 and Saturday, July 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. The summer may be sizzling hot…
Profile: David Mota
July 5, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN He’s been offering authentic, tasty Mexican cuisine on the island since 2015, starting out as a vendor at the Boca Grande Farm & Fish Market. Since joining the Pink Pony team, Da…
Keeping it simple when it comes to explaining new shore-based shark fishing rules
July 5, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Last summer we wrote a three-part series on sharks in local waters and the people who fish them, as there appeared to be some confusion in the general population as to what is l…