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Profile: Mary Mazyck
August 8, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Mary Mazyck spent almost four years in Ecuador serving with the Peace Corps before returning to her hometown of Tallahassee, where she spent a year riding horses for a living. “I wante…
Code enforcement cases still in limbo, Pass cam gone because of complaints
August 2, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Some changes have been made downtown in light of the recent complaints made to Lee County Code Enforcement by an anonymous person or persons, including the removal of tables, chai…
FWC to public: ‘This is not the Wild West’
August 2, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE After a few emails and phone calls from this office to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a new message has been sent out to the public. Whether it will be bro…
Rosemary F. Bowler, Ph.D. — August 24, 1929 – July 26, 2019
August 2, 2019
■ BY SANDY JACOBS Rosemary Fannie Bowler, 89, until recently a resident of Boca Grande, passed away on July 26, 2019 after a brief illness. She is survived by her sister Eleanor Bowler Craveiro, brot…
Fire Department no longer a ‘lost and found’
August 2, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT
The Boca Grande Fire Department is not a repository for lost and found items and will no longer receive, secure or handle any lost and found items.
Lost and found items are administer…
Road paving …
August 2, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will be having the road paved from Placida Road to the toll booth beginning some time around August 12. Be prepared for one-lane traffic and some…
More disoriented hatchlings were found this past week
August 2, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN A Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol member found a wandering newly hatched loggerhead turtle getting ready to cross the road near the Range Light last Friday morning, so she sc…
ISLAND SHERIFF, FIRE AND EMS NEWS: Fire Department, EMS respond to fainting and water rescue
August 2, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande Fire Department and EMS workers responded to two calls this week, among others – a potential water rescue and a person who had fainted from heat exhaustion. On Tuesday, Ju…
New playground should be completed by the end of August
August 2, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN If you drove down First Street near the Boca Grande Community Center this past week, you may have noticed some construction cones around the kids’ playground area at the front of The I…
If you’re getting ready for school, here’s what you need to know
August 2, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT If you’re shopping for back-to-school supplies this year, mark your calendar for the first weekend of August. That’s about when a tax “holiday” approved by state lawmakers will apply t…