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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…
It’s ‘Love Lines’ time again!
January 31, 2020
It’s almost time to start writing those valentines! If you want to submit a valentine for this year’s Friday, Feb. 14 edition, you need to submit it by Tuesday, Feb. 11. Preferred format is 25 words…
Drainpipe work coming to a close soon
January 31, 2020
STAFF REPORT – East Railroad Avenue will be closed to through traffic at the intersection of 7th Street and East Railroad Avenue this week. On Monday, Feb. 3 the Bike Path between 3rd Street and 6th…
‘Love Island’ star Elizabeth Weber has island ties
January 31, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – When 24-year-old Elizabeth Weber was contacted through Instagram by someone who claimed to be working for CBS on a new television show idea, she was not sold on the idea. However…
Boca Grande Chamber announces ‘Educate Boca’ scholarship deadline
January 31, 2020
STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce 2020 Educate Boca Scholarship Applications Committee reminds students that all applications are due by March 1, and all renewals are due by Jul…
11th annual ‘Hope for Haiti’ reception in Boca Grande
January 31, 2020
STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Committee agreed to fund 150 homes in the remote area of Savann Kabrit, Haiti, over a three-year period. Thanks to the generosity of Ben and Louise Sc…
Farmer/florist to speak to the Boca Grande Garden Club
January 31, 2020
SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB – Jennie Love, a founding mother of the “farmer florists” movement, comes to Boca Grande for the Boca Grande Garden Club’s “Flower Week.” She will speak at 2…
From Professor Jackson’s classroom of sailing spitballs to his Civil War brilliance
January 31, 2020
BY MARY COOK, FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE – Sam Gwynne treated the Friends of Boca Grande crowd to a recording of the “Rebel Yell.” It was the prologue to his January 22 talk on “Rebel Yell, the Violence…