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Del-Bourree Bach to speak to BG Camera Club
January 26, 2018
■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Del-Bourree Bach, a world-renowned master painter and a contemporary realist from Mystic, Conn., will give a lecture to the Boca Grande Camera Club on “An A…
31st annual Englewood Bank & Trust art show this weekend
January 26, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT The 31st annual Englewood Bank & Trust Invitational Art Festival is back in town next Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Englewood Bank &a…
Smart Studio hosting new ‘Wild Florida’ exhibit
January 26, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT Smart Studio is hosting a new exhibit of paintings by Gail Cleveland titled “Wild Florida” for the month of February. Gail, a plein aire painter, has completed a series of watercolors…
Profile Jim Blaha
January 26, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN For most of his life, Jim Blaha has been extremely passionate about history. He was a social studies major in college and earned an undergraduate degree from Illinois State in educatio…
The flu: It may not be an epidemic, but it sure feels like it is
January 26, 2018
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but it seems like the flu season is peaking here on the island. Employees are missing from every store I’ve walked into, even here in our office…
Many thanks to all who made the TIS Chowder Dinner so great!
January 26, 2018
To the Editor: This year’s 4th annual Island School Chowder Dinner was another huge success! We would like to thank everyone who contributed to our PTO fundraising event. The Island School’s PTO fund…
Obituary George Gwynn Clemons Jr.
January 26, 2018
Florida State Trooper George Gwynn Clemons Jr., 77, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 at the V.A. Hospice in Lake City, Fla. following an extended illness. He is the son of…
BTT to hold presentation on February 2: Your presence is requested
January 26, 2018
To the Editor: Now or Neverglades! No words have ever meant more in the history of Everglades restoration. With the passage last spring of SB10, we won a hard-fought victory to begin restoring the Ev…
Come on down kids, it’s time to fish this Saturday!
January 19, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT Grab your fishing poles and tackle boxes and come join the family fun at the winter youth fishing tournament on Saturday, Jan. 20 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Boca Grande Fishing Pier Nort…
Taste of Boca
January 19, 2018
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Another February is about to come around, and with it comes the ever-popular Taste of Boca Grande. This year 17 restaurants will be setting up their tables under the big tent at t…