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Community History
June 19, 2025
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FIVE YEARS AGO One hundred locals participated in Paddle for Peace water excursion to the Boca Grande sandbar. The event was designed to steer people away from their phones and political frustrat…
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1980s cottage gets redo; wall may help with flooding for Palm Ave. project
June 12, 2025
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved two projects at its June 11 meeting. The board met at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, because of…
A Boca Grande love story, dancing to the jukebox, married on Banyan Street
June 12, 2025
BY KATHY Y. FUTCH It was 10 p.m., on a February evening in 1975 at the intersection of Hwy. 41 and SR 776, which was very dark and desolate back…
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June 12, 2025
FIVE YEARS AGO The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board voted unanimously to approve the new parish hall for Our Lady of Mercy. TEN YEARS A…
Two residential proposals to be reviewed by Historic Preservation Board
June 5, 2025
BY TALIA ECKSTEIN Two residential projects will come in front of the next meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board at 10 a.m. on We…
History: The L Dock, Boca Grande’s yacht haven
June 5, 2025
Kiwanis Club challenge BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER “Miss Lana Turner, famous movie actress and her husband, M…
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June 5, 2025
FIVE YEARS AGO Capt. Chuck Jenks rescued three boys out of the water near the middle bridge. The boys jumped off the bridge for fun but didn’t re…
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