Opinion
We waste … and yet we want
April 1, 2016
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE I’m I’m wrapping up my second season as the Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce president, and let me tell you something, it isn’t an easy volunteer position to have … unless cease…
Parking Committee advisory member speaks out
March 25, 2016
To the Editor:
Thank you for Sue Erwin’s accurate and evenhanded reporting on the Parking Advisory meeting on Wednesday, March 16 – with one important correction.
Those of us living on b…
The Rib Feast was highly successful, thanks!
March 18, 2016
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Firefighters would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who came out for our Rib Feast on Sunday. The overwhelming show of support by the community…
Thanks to you, we will have our pavilion sun screen
March 18, 2016
To the Editor: Before much more time slips away from me, I would like to thank the Boca Grande community for rising to the occasion and supporting my two concerts on February 23. Not only did…
The Rib Feast was highly successful, thanks!
March 18, 2016
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Firefighters would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who came out for our Rib Feast on Sunday. The overwhelming show of support by the community was more…
I Wonder …
March 11, 2016
To the Editor: The paranoid Boca Grande Society of Social Engineering strikes again, and this time its random target is tour buses. I wonder how much a school bus weighs. I wonder how much the blood…
Thanks from the creators of ‘Taste!’
March 4, 2016
To the Editor: Thank you to the Boca Grande Community. The staff and partner agencies of the Harry Chapin Food Bank send our warmest thanks to all those who participated in the 2016 “Taste of Boca G…
Editorial: A tribute to a great man
February 26, 2016
On February 19 the island lost a beautiful soul. Mr. Bill Winterer passed away, and even though we knew he wasn’t well it was still a shock.
If you read his obituary you will see he was a ver…
Early donations at Hope for Haitians kickoff fundraiser lead to enough for five homes to be built in Gressier
February 19, 2016
A smiling family receives their new home in Boca Grande Friendship Village V in Gressier, Haiti. Dedicated on Jan.13, 2016, the village was built by Boca Grandes Hope For Haitians Committee through…
EDITORIAL: Boca Grande’s Hope for Haitians reaches 200 homes
February 12, 2016
BY BEN SCOTT AND ANGEL ALOMA – Thirty-three families left homeless by the devastating 2010 earthquake have received homes in a new village in Gressier, Haiti. Built by Boca Grande’s Hope For Haitian…