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First Boca Grande Film Festival a smashing success
February 15, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN The inaugural Boca Grande Film Festival exceeded the expectations of organizers – ensuring that the 2020 event will be an even greater affair. “We felt it was a wonderful success,” s…
Island LEO Beat: Deputies respond to vehicle burglary call at state park
February 15, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT Two visitors were the victims of a vehicle burglary this past weekend at the south end of the island. According to Lee County Sheriff’s Office reports, an island deputy was notified …
The 2019 Strawberry Festival: Having fun and helping others
February 15, 2019
■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE Pam Hannah’s dining room table has been covered with papers for the last several months, but it doesn’t bother her. As president of the island’s United Methodist Women, Pam under…
Two proposed to become one again on Whiskey Row, BGHPB agrees
February 15, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The meeting was brief but things were accomplished at the monthly gathering of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Three items were shown on the a…
Obituary: Joe ‘Baldy’ Rinaldi
February 15, 2019
Joe “Baldy” Rinaldi – the leader of the tribe, great friend and purveyor of all things pig roastful – has passed away.
He touched many, many lives in his travels, from Boca Grande to Maine and bey…
Profile: Jack Carley
February 15, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN After graduating from college in 1962, Jack Carley had almost a year before entering officer candidate school, so he decided to drive to California to do some sightseeing and a littl…
A picture speaks a thousand words …
February 15, 2019
To the Editor: I had the opportunity to stop by the Smart Studios on Boca Grande last week to view their “Nature Protests” art exhibit in an effort to increase environmental awareness of what is im…
Please understand the reason for the protest show
February 15, 2019
To the Editor: Please let me explain my actions regarding the protest art show I just hosted at my gallery. I have a problem, you see, a problem with pollution because I am an asthmatic. I can’t br…
Much appreciation for bracelet found and returned
February 15, 2019
To the Editor: Thank you to the kind and honest person who found and returned my bracelet to the Community Center office. I never knew if it was valuable, but it was precious to me, as it belonged …
Let the light shine!
February 8, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT History will be made this Saturday, Feb. 9 as the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse will shine its light across the island for the first time since the fall of 2016. Everyone is invited t…