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December 22, 2022
Cemeteries all over the country honored deceased veterans on Saturday, Dec. 17, by placing holiday wreaths on their graves and holding memorials, usually naming aloud each person being honored. The…

December 15, 2022
Sandy Stilwell Youngquist, owner of the new Keylime Bistro, is ready to bring her sense of fun and flare to Boca Grande. She has been doing that in Captiva for a number of years and has now expanded…

December 9, 2022
When The Gasparilla Inn & Club opens on December 15, a new team of chefs will be on the scene. They have been in Boca Grande a couple of months, surviving Hurricane Ian and beginning their work…

December 2, 2022
Silas Kai Swartzendruber went through Hurricane Ian in a unique way. He was inside his mother, Nikki Heimann. He was due to be born right around the time the hurricane hit, but for a while it appear…

November 23, 2022
“You only need to look in the news to see concerns about influenza, food safety or red tide to realize how much our health and safety are tied to animals, plants and our shared environment.” Dr sara…

November 18, 2022
Fairly early in his life as an Episcopal priest, Father Chris Gray discovered the key to good ministry. It sounds simple but does not come naturally to everyone, even those who have chosen the pries…

November 10, 2022
With the addition of Dr. Emily Haly, the Boca Grande Health Clinic now has three doctors on staff. Dr. Haly (pronounced hail-ee) brings some 22 years of medical experience to the position. She espec…

November 4, 2022
Almost everyone has a memory of playing croquet as a child, probably in their grandmother’s yard. Hans Peterson thinks it is time to make some new memories, this time on the Boca Grande Community Ce…

October 28, 2022
Being the president of your homeowners’ association can be a rewarding position, but it can also be a demanding one. Following Hurricane Ian, Ken Burnette, president of the Boca Grande North Condo A…

October 13, 2022
Hurricane Ian was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. Those facts seem so matter of fact when you look out your window and see e…