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■ Road paving work has begun to resurface approximately 3.9 miles of roadway in Boca Grande as part of ongoing maintenance in the community. The roads to be resurfaced include sections of Palm Avenue, Park Avenue, East Railroad Avenue, West Railroad Avenue, Damficare St., Bradley Avenue, Bayou Avenue, Harbor Drive, 1st Street, Banyon […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Following the devastating impact of the Lake Okeechobee algal bloom and red tide, the Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, Florida’s principal provider of small business assistance, stands ready to help small businesses who experienced physical and/or economic injury as a result of these events. On Monday, Governor Rick Scott activated […]
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Despite the recent red tide algae bloom experienced in the area of local Gulf of Mexico waters, our mission readiness remains high if the need for assistance on the waterway is called for. Deputy Christopher Nebel is shown in the photo conducting regular scheduled maintenance on the assigned Lee County Sheriff’s Patrol Vessel kept on […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The following is an interview/autobiography (to date) of Boca Grande’s island newspaper, the Boca Beacon. We felt it best to let the paper speak its own words, and only a little proofing was required. When Henry Steel Commager said a true newspaper “is the raw material of history, the story of […]
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Lacy Maresa Jenkins was called to eternal life on August 21, 2018. She died peacefully in her home surrounded by her family while in the care of Hospice. Lacy was born in Newport News, Virginia on December 4, 1968. She was the fifth of six children born to Benjamin Larry and Catherine Jenkins. She was […]
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To the Editor: We all desire a simple clear path to solve our messes to make them disappear. As we read we need to remain objective to learn! When we think with a bias it fogs our thinking. Unfortunately, that happy ending story is not going to happen here. Seriously, please read everything you can […]
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To the Editor: I read the article from Mote President Dr. Michael Crosby and was left knowing I had been completely duped. In his closing paragraphs he said, “As we see the impacts of these blooms, we are all sharing a blend of emotions-sadness, resolve, anger, desperation and hope for the future. An unfortunate part […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Road paving work is scheduled to begin Thursday to resurface about 3.9 miles of roadway in Boca Grande as part of ongoing maintenance in the community. The roads to be resurfaced include sections of Palm Avenue, Park Avenue, East Railroad Avenue, West Railroad Avenue, Damficare St., Bradley Avenue, Bayou Avenue, Harbor Drive, […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Mote Marine Laboratory scientists were on Damficare Street on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 14 to field-test a newly developed method for mitigating Florida red tide (elevated concentrations of toxic Karenia brevis algae) in the closed end of the canal. Scientists at Mote have created and patented an ozone treatment system […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY DR. MICHAEL CROSBY MOTE MARINE LABORATORY The fact that Southwest Florida is currently experiencing devastating impacts from harmful algal blooms (HABs) is well understood by all of us who call this region home. What is not as well understood by many is that we are experiencing two simultaneous but separate types of […]