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■ STAFF REPORT Cape Haze Outifitters will be hosting a “Casting for Conservation” event this Saturday, Jan. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cape Haze Plaza. The mission is to support the efforts of Lemon Bay High School students by raising funds to purchase shoal grass plugs, secure required permits and for signage […]
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■ STAFF REPORT When four guys get together, it could mean a round of golf, a game of tennis or an evening of poker. In Boca Grande on Friday, Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. it means the opening reception for the Guys Art Show at the Art Center at 236 Banyan Street. The weekend show […]
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■ STAFF REPORT This Wednesday, Jan. 23 marks the 11th year for a major fundraising event to take place at the Boca Grande Club benefiting Suncoast Humane Society: The Tennis Ball. For the last 10 years the Boca Grande Club’s Tennis Ball Committee has worked closely with the Suncoast Humane Society to put on this fundraising […]
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Nancy Brinsfield Wallace, age 74, died August 28th at Talbot Hospice in Easton, Md. The cause was lung cancer. She was born January 25, 1944 in Fairlee, Kent County, Maryland, the daughter of the late William S. and Kathryn Smith Brinsfield. Mrs. Wallace graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. She worked as an […]
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To the Editor: With newly elected officials now sworn in, representatives from Captains for Clean Water, the Conservancy of SWFL, the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF), the Center for Biological Diversity, Everglades Wetlands Research Park and Calusa Waterkeeper assemble for a summit to lay out actionable policy intended to cure the ills besetting our waterways. […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Attention tennis players: Tighten up those racquet strings and get ready – the dates for the 2019 Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic have been set. Sponsored by The Boca Beacon, the tournament is open to all area residents and members and guests of the three island clubs: Boca Bay Pass Club, Gasparilla […]
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The menus are being planned, the tent is at the ready, and the “Taste of Boca Grande”committee is finalizing all the details for this year’s big event. Scheduled for Monday, Feb. 4, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Boca Bay Pass Club, there will be 18 restaurants at this year’s “Taste.” The Brett Foreman Band […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Close to 100 people filled the Mote Marine Boca Grande office on January 9, to hear Dr. Vince Lovko speak on Florida red tide. His presentation, “Florida Red Tide – What’s True and What We Can Do” included information about how a red tide bloom is initiated and the phases that […]
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■ STAFF REPORT No, CenturyLink, we are not in Pensacola … try 561 miles south of there. It doesn’t seem like something we should have to say, yet here we are. It has come to people’s attention lately that Boca Grande landline calls are coming up on caller IDs as Pensacola numbers. The area is […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Two national tours of the blockbuster musical “Hamilton” are crisscrossing the country – as well as setting records in separate productions on Broadway, in London and San Francisco – but are you ready for the complete “Hamilton” experience? Variety theater critic and national arts writer Frank Rizzo will present two 90-minute talks on “Hamilton” […]