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■ BY SANDY JACOBS Rosemary Fannie Bowler, 89, until recently a resident of Boca Grande, passed away on July 26, 2019 after a brief illness. She is survived by her sister Eleanor Bowler Craveiro, brother-in-law Donald Craveiro, several nieces and nephews and many, many friends whom she considered family. She was predeceased by her sister […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Fire Department is not a repository for lost and found items and will no longer receive, secure or handle any lost and found items. Lost and found items are administered by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. If you have an item that needs to be turned in, please contact the […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will be having the road paved from Placida Road to the toll booth beginning some time around August 12. Be prepared for one-lane traffic and some delays at that time.
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■ BY SUE ERWIN A Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol member found a wandering newly hatched loggerhead turtle getting ready to cross the road near the Range Light last Friday morning, so she scooped it up, placed it in a bucket and transported it to the shoreline. There wasn’t a hatch in the immediate […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande Fire Department and EMS workers responded to two calls this week, among others – a potential water rescue and a person who had fainted from heat exhaustion. On Tuesday, July 30 firefighters responded to a call of a water rescue/boat taking on water near Upper Captiva, in Captiva Pass. The […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you drove down First Street near the Boca Grande Community Center this past week, you may have noticed some construction cones around the kids’ playground area at the front of The Island School. Destruction of the old playground has begun, and the new playground is expected to be completed by the […]
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■ STAFF REPORT If you’re shopping for back-to-school supplies this year, mark your calendar for the first weekend of August. That’s about when a tax “holiday” approved by state lawmakers will apply to clothes, backpacks and various school supplies, meaning such items will be exempt from sales taxes when purchased. The tax-exempt period runs from […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Carolyn Madden has been coming to Boca Grande for 25 years. She’s always appreciated the unique shops and restaurants on the island, and she’s wanted to start her own business for years. Well, she finally found the opportunity in May. “I used to love the bookstore that was here many years ago, and I […]
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Mary Ann Wade, 87, of Fort Myers passed away on July 12, 2019. She was born to George and Inez Wilhelm on October 31, 1931 in Boca Grande. Mary Ann was married to her beloved husband Carl C. Wade for 34 Years before his passing. Mary Ann was a graduate of Fort Myers High School. […]
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This is a revised obituary. On July 16, 2019 Priscilla T. Wilcox of Westwood, Mass. and formerly Boca Grande, passed away at 91 years of age. She was a member of the Colonial Dames of America and direct descendant of pilgrims Miles Standish and Priscilla Alden, as well as Jonathan Trumbull, the first governor of […]