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RPP’s ‘Inherit the Wind’ is a star-studded tempest

You will be seeing stars and lots of them too, when you see Royal Palm Player’s “Inherit the Wind,” a knockout courtroom battle reenactment based on the famous Scopes “Monkey” Trial in this outdoor, staged reading. In order to deal with the challenges brought on by COVID, the play was moved to the Boca Grande […]

Toys for Tots is set up and ready for your donation

Englewood Bank & Trust once again is a proud participant in the Marine Corps Reserve’s annual Toys for Tots campaign. Residents are invited to bring unwrapped toys to any branch during business hours through Dec. 2. Volunteers will distribute toys to less fortunate children throughout the area.Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday […]

New Physician to Join Boca Grande Health Clinic

By the Boca Grande Health Clinic CEO The Boca Grande Health Clinic is pleased to announce that Bret Kueber, M.D. will join the Clinic early next year as a full-time physician alongside Raymond A. James, D.O. and Thomas J. Ervin, M.D. “I am very excited to welcome Dr. Kueber to the Clinic,” said Mark Driscoll, […]

OBITUARY: Wendell Howell

Wendell (Wendy) K. Howell, 96, of Amery, Wis. and Tavares, Fla., died peacefully on November 3, 2021, at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis. Wendell was born March 15, 1925, in Boca Grande to Violet (Grandy) Howell and Samuel Howell.  He was predeceased by his wife Jean Carol (Carson) Howell and children Wendell Howell, Jr., […]

Three properties to be discussed at November 10 BGHPB Board Meeting

STAFF REPORT – At the monthly meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday, Nov. 10at 10 a.m. in the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium, three Special Certificates ofAppropriateness will be heard. The first is the Addis Residence, 267 Palm Avenue. The applicant requests approval to convert aportion of the living space into […]

Health & Wellness

According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s most recent annual report, an estimated 7.2 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease – and that number is projected to reach nearly 13 million by 2050. One in three older adults dies with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, and it causes more deaths than […]

Winners! Manta Rays keeping the drama on the volleyball court, with the help of an island girl

Lemon Bay’s girls’ varsity volleyball team, the Manta Rays are on a winning streak and they’re determined to keep it going all the way to the state championship. On Tuesday night, the Manta Rays beat Nature Coast Tech 25-8, 25-14, 25-13 to win their Regional 4A-2 quarterfinal volleyball match. Leading the team is Lemon Bay […]

Once a ghost town, Venice is coming back from a housing bubble bust

Most of us have been around long enough to have experienced one or two housing bubbles. The current seller’s market has created many unexpected changes, good and bad. When Florida faced its first housing bubble in 1928, it almost wiped Venice off the map. At first, the city almost completely disappeared and for a short […]