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March 23, 2023
Dave Endres is a businessman who has kind of a strange business model. He makes jewelry and then gives it away. He does the same thing with pumpkins. He plants and raises them and then gives them aw…

March 16, 2023
If you look up the term “team player” in the dictionary, you should see a picture of DeeAnn Phillips. She is pretty much the definition of such a person. DeeAnn is largely responsible for the vibran…

March 9, 2023
Spring is art season in Boca Grande. There is something about this island that seems to attract artists and help those with artistic talents want to share their work with others. The upcoming Boca G…

March 2, 2023
Celebrating Dr. Seuss – the man who taught so many the value of reading Dr. Seuss was a great teacher. He taught the world it could be fun to read. He taught that poetry does not have to be dry a…

February 23, 2023
Indomitable is kind of an old fashioned word. You don’t hear it used much today. If you say someone has an indomitable spirit, you admire them because they never give up or admit they have been defe…

February 16, 2023
On May 16, 2022, Richard S. Gallagher joined his beloved wife of nearly 49 years, Ann L. Gallagher, in heaven.  Richard is survived by his adoring daughters, Elizabeth (Christopher) Petree of Cha…

February 16, 2023
Andrew Colburn started his new job at the Boca Grande Health center on the Monday of the week Hurricane Ian hit the island. It was quite a welcome. The storm hit on Wednesday and on Thursday Andrew…

February 9, 2023
Lots of people in Boca Grande love to walk the beach in the morning. Most of them do not make the trek if the weather is nasty, or if the sun gets too hot. There are some folks, however, who do not…

February 3, 2023
The Windy City is where Fran Edwardson grew up, but the balmy breezes of Boca Grande have called to her and convinced her that this is where her home is now. Fran and her husband, John, still spend…

January 26, 2023
Shore birds are a favorite subject for Boca Grande artist Penny Sims. She loves the birds, but just about anything in and on the water is likely to end up as a subject on her canvas – or wooden plan…