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Boca Blooms to host open house next weekend
January 15, 2016
Bob Swisher, Eric Haronowski, Barb King, Andre Roslikov, Constance McMahon and Dodo Hamilton.
BY SUE ERWIN
The owners of a new floral shop in town called Boca Blooms will be hosting an open h…
Suncoast Humane Society Honored with Top 4-Star Rating
January 15, 2016
The board of trustees and staff are proud to announce that Suncoast Humane Society has received the coveted 4-star rating by Charity Navigator. This top honor, from America’s largest independent…
D strong at The Great Wall
January 15, 2016
A little 8-year-old boy from Rhode Island is traveling the world without leaving his bed. Dorian Murray has terminal cancer, but his supporters worldwide bring him some comfort. You might ha…
Register now for the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic
January 15, 2016
If tennis is your game, you have just a few short days to register for the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic, sponsored by the Boca Beacon. It will be held from Saturday, Jan. 23 to Saturday…
Restaurants announced for TIS Chowder Dinner next week
January 15, 2016
A good bowl of chowder is hard to beat, and buying one for a good cause makes it taste even better. The Island School’s second annual Chowder Dinner and Auction will be held on Saturday, Jan. 23…
The Crackers and the Yankees duke it out in book by local gardening guru
January 15, 2016
BY SUE ERWIN
Sitting in his summer home near Asheville, North Carolina, Boca Grande seasonal resident Edd Dean wrote a book called “The Secret Fortune.”
The fictional book is about Boca G…
Monitoring storms on Gasparilla Island: What’s the best way?
January 15, 2016
BY MARCY SHORTUSE
On Saturday, Jan. 9 an EF2 tornado with winds upward of 130 mph tore across Cape Coral and left up to 10,000 people with property damage and without power. January in Florid…
Cleaning those closets? Need to simplify?
January 15, 2016
To the Editor: If you’re cleaning those closets and realize you have too much stuff, consider donating no-longer-needed items to the United Methodist Women’s Strawberry Festival, to be sold to r…
Reader takes issue with ‘Ponzi scheme’ comparison
January 15, 2016
To the Editor:
According to Wikipedia, a Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation in which the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its investors from new capital…
Obituary: James Harrison Stanton
January 15, 2016
James Harrison Stanton, 98, of Boca Grande passed away from a heart attack while in his home on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. He was an active, generous man devoted to his wife, Lucy, for 73 years, a…