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History sets sail: Boca Grande gets a first look at the Mayflower II
February 7, 2020
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the Boca Grande Historical Society and History Center invited the community to partake in a documentary premiere of the story and restoration behind the Mayflo…
Grande Glee performance to usher in beginning of Film Fest
February 7, 2020
STAFF REPORT – It’s the night before the Boca Grande Film Festival officially begins, Tuesday, Feb. 18, a night when islanders gather in their golf carts to enjoy a night at the Drive-In, the Boca G…
Take your ‘Leading Lady’ to RPP production for Valentine’s weekend
February 7, 2020
STAFF REPORT – Tickets are selling quickly for the next Royal Palm Players’ production, “Leading Ladies.” Starring some of the most beautiful, brilliant and not-so-bashful ladies on the island, perfo…
Island author Roger Howe will give ‘Farm Kid’s Journey’ presentation at Fust
February 7, 2020
STAFF REPORT – Island author Roger Howe will give a presentation in the Johann Fust Library Loggia on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. Roger Howe’s memoir, “A Farm Kid’s Journey,” is more than a personal s…
What’s that in the sky? Why, it’s a Jungle Penetrator!
February 7, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you were wondering why there was so much helicopter activity over the south end of the island this week, it was due to a combined water rescue training for island Lee County Sh…
OBITUARY: Richard ‘Dick’ Meister
February 7, 2020
Richard T. (Dick) Meister, 100, a longtime resident of Waite Hill, Ohio and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2020. Dick was a true gentleman with a lasting legacy. Born February 11…
PROFILE: David Sparks
February 7, 2020
BY SUE ERWIN – Island author David Sparks knows a thing or two about political science, congressional campaigns and writing novels that amuse young adults. In 2018, David wrote a book called “Burying…
Community planning group answers residents’ questions at introductory meeting
January 31, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – A name that hasn’t hit the headlines in a very, very long time is back, as the Boca Grande Community Planning Association met again on Monday, Jan. 27. Chairman Peter Solmssen beg…
Johnson’s attorney files countermotion in ‘rocks’ suit
January 31, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The case of the 3rd Street rocks continues, as council for local historian Robert Johnson has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, or motion for more definite statement with t…
A little charcuterie, a little chocolate … a whole lotta ‘Taste!’
January 31, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The moment we have all been waiting for is almost upon us for the 2020 Taste of Boca Grande, so we hope you’ve been stretching out that stomach and that you’ve found your dressy s…