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Honors for the Rev. Chris Gray
January 16, 2025
St. Andrew’s congregation honored the Rev. Chris Gray for 45 years since his ordination to the priesthood on Jan. 4.
At top, Ellen Manetti, Jim and Kathy Silverberg and Audrey Knapp. …
Chowder Dinner for The Island School
January 16, 2025
The Island School PTO’s Chowder Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club.
At the event there will be soups and chowders from area restaurants and…
Lynn Stegner at Fust for talk
January 16, 2025
On Friday, Jan. 17, the Johann Fust Library Foundation will open the doors to its beautiful loggia and garden for the first time in three months since Hurricane Milton. The foundation will welcome t…
New Florida nonfiction
January 16, 2025
“Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee Strangers: The Transformation of Florida” by John T. Foster Jr., and Sarah Foster
Modern Florida’s transformation into a destination for tourists and retirees…
Art Becker speaks to Camera Club
January 16, 2025
The Boca Grande Camera Club announces a new Zoom class, “Looking Beyond the Literal,” to be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21st. Guest is Art Becker, who will introduce new techniques to see light…
Historian pens book on signer John Hancock
January 16, 2025
Join Friends of Boca Grande on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 4:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s for a lecture by author and historian Brooke Barbier, speaking on her new book, “King Hancock.”
This is the first…
Business and Real Estate: Crew from Hunter Bell shoots spring line with Gasparilla theme
January 16, 2025
A crew from the women’s fashion retailer Hunter Bell was in Boca Grande recently to photograph part of their spring 2025 line.
Pictured are their photographer, Cody Bess, e-commerce director Jes…
Garden: Locally grown flowers give arrangements a TJ McGrath appeal
January 16, 2025
BY LAMAR TOOLE
New Jersey farmer-grown flowers were in bloom at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church on Wednesday, Jan. 8, offsetting a gray landscape outside. Inside, Boca Grande Garden Club m…
Art on Park date set for weekend of Feb. 22-23
January 16, 2025
Art On Park Avenue returns on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 22-23, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Park Avenue and 4th Street will be transformed into a live fine-art gallery for two days with over 50…
Englewood Chamber thanks donors for hurricane relief
January 16, 2025
BY THE ENGLEWOOD CHAMBER
Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the Englewood community and a substantial contribution from the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande, the Englewood…