Profiles
Profile: Roselle Agles
May 12, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN
You might see her cruising around town in her pink golf cart or walking the beach with her giant white “polar bear,” a Samoyed canine name Sage. Roselle Agles makes her way around t…
Profile: JoAnn Barwick
May 5, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN
When JoAnn Barwick accepted a secretarial position at a public relations firm in New York City at the age of 22, she never would have guessed the serendipitous path that would event…
Profile: Jon Dillard
April 28, 2017
■ SUE ERWIN
Gasparilla Island State Park Ranger Jon Dillard loves being outdoors.
And in October of 2015, he landed a job in an ideal place to launch his career.
Jon is from Clermont, Florida and …
Profile: Margarita Santiago
April 21, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN
If you’ve had dinner recently at Fusion – the island’s newest restaurant – you’ve likely witnessed Food and Beverage Manager Margarita Santiago bustling about the establishment and …
Profile: Julia Pierce
April 14, 2017
■ SUE ERWIN
You might see her performing on stage in the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium, taking a painting class at the art alliance, singing in the choir at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church…
PROFILE: Skylar Warren
April 7, 2017
BY SUE ERWIN – If you’re ready to step up your tennis game with a stronger swing and a crushing serve, you might want to think about talking with Skylar Warren, the assistant tennis pro at the Boca…
Profile: Miranda Blackwell
March 31, 2017
■ SUE ERWIN
Miranda Blackwell had never heard of Boca Grande or even visited the state of Florida before she decided to take a leap of faith and relocate to Englewood three years ago with her boyf…
PROFILE: Noël Crosby
March 24, 2017
BY DEAN LAUX – Noël Crosby grew up in Manchester, N.H., where her dad’s parents owned the Greenfield Carpet Company and her mom’s parents were in the grocery business. So you could say she never ha…
Profile: Sharon Payne
March 17, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN
Delaware native Sharon Payne never heard of Boca Grande before 2011, and if it wasn’t for her husband, John, acting on an impulse she might have never found it. Sharon is currently a…
Profile: Kim Hume
March 10, 2017
■ BY SUE ERWIN.
After working for more than 25 years in the television broadcast news industry, Boca Grande seasonal resident Kim Hume decided in 2007 that it was time to enjoy retirement.
Kim …