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Author Sparks of ‘Burying Pinkie Pie’ fame to speak at library
March 29, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Island author David Sparks will be speaking at the Johann Fust Community Library at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 in the library loggia. Sparks is the author of “Burying Pinkie Pie” and…
Huzzah, huzzah … the phone books are almost here!
March 29, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT If you’re thinking about leaving the island for the season, think again. The moment you have been waiting for has almost arrived … the 2019 Four-Digit Phone Books are scheduled to ar…
You’re gonna miss them when they’re gone … Boca Bargains closing soon
March 29, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT Boca Bargains will be closing its doors for the season on Wednesday, April 17. However, the store still has many items for sale and welcomes shoppers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturda…
ISLAND LEO BEAT: Deputies respond domestic battery scene at The Temp
March 29, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT The Lee County deputies attended to a domestic altercation on Tuesday, March 19 at 1:40 p.m. at a local drinking establishment. According to deputy reports, the complainant was sitting…
History Bytes: Hendry discusses ‘The Fort’ and cows
March 29, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Sixth-generation Floridian Hank Hendry spoke to a crowd at the final History Bytes event of the season on Wednesday, March 27. His great-great-grandfather Francis Asbury Hendry first v…
Profile: Kathy Berry
March 29, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Kathy Berry has been working hard for the past several months to make sure that the annual Boca Grande Bike Parade & Woman’s Club Spring Fair taking place this Saturday, March 30 w…
Joseph and the Amazing Grande Glee Concert
March 29, 2019
■ BY ERICA RESS-MARTIN This April 2, 3 and 4, Grande Glee does something completely different when they sing their first full-length concert – “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” This 90-…
LBHS girls’ basketball team: Thank you!
March 29, 2019
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Woman’s Club would like to thank members of the Lemon Bay High School girls’ basketball team for helping with the March 16th Dog Show. We so appreciate the LBHS “lady…
Obituary: James Hamilton Greer
March 29, 2019
James Hamilton Geer, 94, passed away peacefully on, March 15, 2019. He threw himself into everything he did, no matter if it was running major corporations, church boards, his kids sports schedules…
Did commissioner vote ‘yes’ when he just didn’t know?
March 29, 2019
To the Editor: On March 8, while reading the latest edition of the News-Press, I was surprised to see an article by Commissioner Frank Mann titled, “Eslick bridge removal is a Lee Commission’s rules…