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RPP sneak preview: ‘Present Laughter’ is a delightful comedy

■ BY BOOTS TOLSDORF Once again, Royal Palm Players will perform February’s comedy. This year, it is a cast of 11 sharing great laughs in Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter.” The cast is a familiar composite of some veterans and some newbies, including Chuck Barnell, Maggie Bush, Ann Fletcher, David Jenkins, Joan Kale, Mark Masselink, Priscilla […]

Another walk with Churchill

■ BY MARY COOK Prominent British author/historian Andrew Roberts was back in Boca Grande last week on Wednesday, January 30. This time he came because the island wanted to hear about his book Churchill, Walking with Destiny. Why another Churchill biography, when 1,009 had already been written? First, as reported in the news, Queen Elizabeth […]

CCA Florida releases 10,000 redfish in Southwest Florida waters

■ STAFF REPORT On Tuesday, Feb. 5 Coastal Conservation Association Florida, Duke Energy and the FWC began releasing more than 10,000 juvenile and adult redfish in southwest Florida counties beginning with a 1,000+ redfish release in Pasco County. Each of the five upcoming releases include approximately 1,000 to 1,500 juvenile fish and 25 to 30 […]

FWC holding public meetings to gather input on aquatic plant management

■ STAFF REPORT The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is holding several public meetings to gather community input about the agency’s aquatic plant herbicide treatment program. These meetings will provide the public with an opportunity to provide feedback about management activities on Florida water bodies during the past 12 months. The meetings will […]

Obituary: Sally Dinan

Sally Austerberry Dinan, a full-time resident of Boca Grande, died at home on February 1. She fought a fierce year-long battle with esophageal cancer, only to succumb just days before her eightieth birthday. Sally was an alumna of Kingswood School-Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for which she held an abiding affection, and a 1961 graduate […]

Profile: Charles Stark

■ BY SUE ERWIN After serving in the Navy for almost five years and an accomplished 32-year career with IBM, Charles Stark returned to his original passion and earned a master’s degree in history at State University of New York. He always had a yearning to teach. “I wanted to teach all along, because my mother […]

Lee County commissioner addresses island parking issues, new parking rangers

■ BY COMMISSIONER JOHN MANNING The following was written by John Manning, Lee County Commissioner for District 1. This letter pertains to the changes in beach access parking and county parking that have taken place in the last year. In the many years I have served as your representative on the Lee County Commission, your […]