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Firefighters golf tournament held to support benevolent fund
May 11, 2015
Firefighter Matt Strube with fiancé Brandi and daughter Natalie
The Boca Grande Fire Department hosted the First Annual Boca Grande Firefighters’ Benevolent Fund Golf Tournament on Saturday, May…
Letter to the Editor: A big thanks to all who participated in the OBGBBC
May 11, 2015
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Johann Fust Library Foundation, I want to express our sincere appreciation to the community for your generous support and your partic…
Letter to the Editor: Resident challenges last week’s letter
May 11, 2015
To the Editor:
The letter headlined “The Saga of” in the May 1 issue contained a series of unsubstantiated charges (Sunday confrontation) and misleading example (parkway plantings) which impe…
Letter to the Editor: A happy community means well-attended churches … right?
May 11, 2015
To the Editor:
We spend six months in Boca Grande, and the other six months we live in northern Ontario, Canada, where I was born and raised. Since building our beloved Camp David on the shores o…
Letter to the Editor: A bridge over calmer waters
May 11, 2015
To the Editor:
I went to the GIBA website after reading the account of the last bridge meeting. Under “about us” was a statement entitled mission.
“To maintain safe and efficient traffic flow…
Obituary: Byron “By” Carlson
May 11, 2015
Byron Carlson, called “By” by everyone, he died peacefully April 29, 2015.
Born in Topeka Kansas on April 2, 1919 to Louie Carlson and Blenda Dahlstrom, By was a happy child who grew up to be cro…
Profile: Louise du Pont Crowninshield, fairy godmother of Boca Grande
May 11, 2015
In honor of Mother’s Day this past Sunday, we wanted to do something special for our profile. After much consideration the only path we found suitable was to pursue a profile about Louise du Pont Cr…
Mote boat ‘Thunders’ into Boca Grande
May 1, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE
There’s a new Mote boat in town, and it’s a gorgeous 46-footer. Built by George Luzier, a classic boatbuilder from Sarasota, the boat will be employed to further Mote Marine re…
New BGAA board members
May 1, 2015
The Boca Grande Art Alliance recently elected three new board members. Shown above Past President Cathy Bisset-Parkes handed off the gavel to incoming president on the far right, Barbara Vanyo. In t…
Island resident presents award to author in D.C.
May 1, 2015
The O’Bannons of Boca Grande visited Washington D.C. this week to present South Florida author Randy Wayne White with the Florida House Distinguished Author Award for 2015.