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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Boca Grande native Jefferson Gaines Jr., born May 17, 1935, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. He attended Boca Grande School and graduated from Arcadia High School, then attended University of Florida and graduated from Florida Southern College with a degree in computer science and Accounting. Jeff worked at Tampa […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Charlotte County Commission staff announced on Tuesday, Aug. 14 that they would be holding an emergency meeting to discuss a resolution declaring a local state of emergency relating to red tide. The announcement was made less than three hours prior to the meeting. The meeting was open to the public, and […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Sunday, Aug. 12 some local kids were treated to a rare sight as they golf-carted along looking for Pokemon. A small lizard was directly in their path, but it was unlike the anoles and iguanas they were used to. As they watched, it stood up on its hind legs and […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Kelly Borza started reading to her sons Granger and Grayson before they were born. She had heard that babies could hear words spoken by their moms as they developed, so she started reading out loud at night daily while they were still in her womb. And after her first son was […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Contractors working for Lee County have removed more than 1,400 tons of fish from Lee County beaches and waterways since beginning work on Aug. 2. That total doesn’t include fish collected by Lee County Parks & Recreation staff before the contractor began work, fish collected from Boca Grande or fish collected by […]
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■ STAFF REPORT On Friday, Aug. 24 the public is invited to a red tide forum from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Englewood Event Center, 3069 S. McCall Rd. in Englewood. Featured speakers include algae scientist Garrett “Captain Planet Project” Stuart, South Florida Clean Water Movement Co-founder John Heim and Dr. Richard Pierce, associate […]
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Frances Dale Melvold of Maquoketa, Iowa, who spent winters with her husband and family members at Boca Grande for more than 40 years, died November 27, 2017 at Clover Ridge Place Assisted Living in Maquoketa. She was 93. After visits to the island in the early 1970s, she and her husband, Robert, were among the […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve visited Englewood Bank in the last several months, you may have noticed a new friendly face behind the counter. Lisa Hannah is the new senior teller at the branch in Boca Grande. Lisa is originally from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She was born in Knoxville and raised in Gatlinburg in the craft […]
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To the Editor: As you know, the GICIA Alert List originated during Hurricane Charley and was reinstated during Hurricane Irma. Although the intention was to only use this list for Hurricane-related emergency information, the GICIA Board of Directors has determined that the red tide issue has reached emergency status. Therefore, we have decided to use […]
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To the Editor: Efforts to mitigate water-quality issues throughout Lee County continue under the leadership of the Lee Board of County Commissioners with County staff, contracted vendors and several state entities, including the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida Department of Health. Board actions: The Board […]