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March 3, 2022
From kayaking each day on Charlotte Harbor with his lovely wife, Debbie, to biking through the streets of Boca Grande, to overseeing the fundraising efforts of A Better Shot at Lemon Bay Golf Club…

March 3, 2022
Michael Davis Wood, age 79, passed away on February 19, 2022 in Wayzata, Minn. surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his beloved wife, Judy, and by his children: Elizabeth Jarvis (Aleix…

March 3, 2022
To the Editor: It was our pleasure to be back at the library this season, celebrating 21 years of History Bytes. I’d like to thank all who made this past February’s History Bytes program a huge s…

March 3, 2022
To the Editor: To the two birds who are now the stewards of Placida, which is an estuary bay of Coral Creek (Caloosa Creek?). Imagine after your bridge card party, you and your mate took off to f…

March 3, 2022
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Art Center thanks Carol Stewart of Michael Saunders Real Estate for her generous support of the Art Center. The Valentine Art Show was sponsored this year by Mrs. S…

February 24, 2022
Re: Interested volunteers needed to Join Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Board of Supervisors The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority has an Advisory Board position opening. Advisory Board memb…

February 24, 2022
“People used to live there – real, working people – and that is what is not being preserved.”- Melissa knight Melissa Knight’s family have lived on the Cape Haze Peninsula for generations; the la…

February 24, 2022
Lawrence Wilson is a very complex man with a very simple name. He has a background that would boggle the mind of any average Joe who dreams of becoming a spy or mercenary, and spends a lot of his ti…

February 24, 2022
BY EVE SAMPLES, DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES How much progress has been made since the toxic-algae crisis that devastated Boca Grande and other Florida communities in 2018? How likely…

February 24, 2022
SUBMITTED BY CATHY BALLMAN, BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB CORRESPONDENT Just because you can get most anything all the time, doesn’t mean you should. Probably words to live by but for internationall…