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■ STAFF REPORT Polish your tailfins and get your clamshells ready – on Saturday, April 6 from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Loose Caboose the hunt for the mermaid-iest mermaid will be held. The Loose Caboose will be having a mermaid-themed drink special, and a children’s costume contest will be held for the best-dressed […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Anne Beatty’s thorough and thought-provoking presentation of “Never Let Me Go” was enjoyed by a large and responsive group at the Literature Forum March meeting. The Forum’s upcoming gathering on Thursday, April 11th, will feature longtime Forum member Ellie Crawford leading a discussion of “The Fishermen”. This 2015 debut novel by Nigerian […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Erica Abel understands that dogs are a pretty big deal in Boca Grande. So when she published her recent children’s book, “Minna and the Canine Club,” she planned on marketing the book here when she came to visit her aunt, Kelly Savage, for spring break. Erica is an elementary school teacher […]
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Mildred (Millie) St. Clair Pierce Kerr danced to join her “best beau” and husband, John, November 17, 2018. She died as she lived, with grace and joy. She was born November 7, 1922 in Culpeper, Virginia. Millie grew up fox and bird hunting in Orange and Warrington, Virginia with her father (who died when she […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Dozens of aquariums filled with a variety of sea creatures line the walls of Lemon Bay High School’s aquaculture laboratory located at its Englewood campus. On Monday, April 1, the Bocilla Islands Conservancy along with Lemon Bay Conservancy presented a check for $500 to the LBHS Marine Research Club to assist […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Fire Department and Lee County EMS handled several calls this week that included an accident at 5th Street and Gasparilla Road involving an SUV and a trucker hauling a piece of excavation equipment on a trailer. That call came in at 4:33 p.m. on Tuesday. While it was originally […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Tuesday, April 2 the Lee Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to award a contract for the purchase and installation of new playground equipment at Boca Grande Community Park, 131 First Street West. Installation should take place, according to the county, in late May or early June – right when […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Good architecture is made of commodity, firmness and delight, said author Harold Bubil when he gave a presentation called “Florida Buildings I Love” at the Boca Grande Community Center on Tuesday, April 2. “This program is kind of a history lesson based on the Florida buildings I admire,” Bubil said. “It […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Once again Smart Studio opens its heart to display the work of Dominican students from La Vega Christian School. Thirty students along with their art teacher, Massiel Lora, painted typical Dominican and Haitian island scenes. Terry and Gail Cleveland Waite, proprietors of Smart Studio, framed the paintings. Debbie and Mitch Martinez, founders […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Twenty-one area organizations will receive funding from the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Community Grant Program in 2019, with a total of $209,000 awarded. Earlier this year, the Club provided $20,000 to assist with sound and lighting for the new Community Center sunshade and $50,000 for the construction of a new public safety […]