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The Gasparilla Inn & Club opens for their 105th season
October 5, 2018
Wednesday, October 5, 2018 PHOTOS BY DUSTY, JULIANNE AND SKIP PERRY
Activity slowing down for island nesting turtles and their babes
October 5, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN The final few weeks of sea turtle nesting season are quickly approaching, with the season officially closing on October 31. “We are continuing to have a robust hatching season, and nes…
Boca Grande Woman’s Club scholarship apps due in February
October 5, 2018
The Scholarship Committee of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. In 2018, 52 scholars received financial support from the Boca Grande Woman’s Clu…
Climb the historic Gasparilla Island Lighthouse Mondays and Saturdays
October 5, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT Walk in the very steps of lightkeepers from the past. Reserve your space now for a 20-minute climb tour to the top of the historic Gasparilla Island Lighthouse, as volunteer docents sh…
Chamber scholarships awarded to 29 deserving students
October 5, 2018
■ SUBMITTED BY BOCA GRANDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that in 2018 more than $20,000 in scholarships was awarded to both new applicants and ren…
Englewood Bank & Trust holding drive for the soldiers
October 5, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT Englewood Bank & Trust is once again serving as a collection point for the Rotary Club of Englewood’s Food for the Troops drive. Customers and residents are encouraged to bring non…
PROFILE: Jennifer Summers
October 5, 2018
BY SUE ERWIN – Jennifer Summers has a daily view of Boca Grande Pass that many people would pay a good amount of money to see just one time. She works in the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse at Gasparilla…
OBITUARY: George Reese Lyons
October 5, 2018
George Reese Lyons, 83, of Blue Bell, Pa. and Boca Grande passed away on September 22, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Anne (Starr) Lyons; devoted father of Bonnie Lyons (Lee) Richards, Laura Ree…
Mote leaders share red tide science at Capitol Hill briefing
October 5, 2018
To the Editor: Mote Marine Laboratory’s leader shared red tide science to inform national policymakers yesterday, Sept. 27, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael P…
Wishing an old friend good-bye
October 5, 2018
To the Editor: If you lived in Boca Grande and fished or flew, you knew Mark Futch. I had the good fortune to be his neighbor when he and his family lived at the end of Tarpon Avenue near our house o…