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BY MISTY NICHOLS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GICIA The GICIA has set its sights on Mercabo (the 30-acre parcel at the entrance to the Boca Grande Causeway). With the threat of development looming and Charlotte County again amending their comprehensive plan to allow for an increase in density from the current 3.5 units up to […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE The first major cold front of the season, complete with heavy winds, didn’t dampen the fishing enthusiasm for the 2015 Gasparilla Island Fly Fishing Tournament. Four redfish were caught on fly in less than great conditions. There were seven teams in all, 14 competitors.
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It’s always amazing when lives are saved by the fates, good fortune and kind hearts. Mark Futch rediscovered that feeling last Thursday as he cruised in his seaplane up around the Peace River just north of the Nav-a-Gator Restaurant. Mark was with Rogan White, son of author Randy Wayne White. He was teaching him to […]
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Edmund Morris, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, will be speaking at the Boca Grande Community Center about his book entitled, “Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan,” at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The only biography ever authorized by a sitting President, Mr. Morris will be speaking about the 13 years of exhaustive research he did in […]
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The Literature Forum inaugurated its 2015-2016 season on November 12 with an excellent presentation of Eudora Welty’s novella, “The Ponder Heart.” The discussion was ably led by David Jenkins, a veteran Literature Forum presenter and participant, and was dedicated to Bob Shandorf, the loyal Forum member and presenter who died unexpectedly last summer. Bob was […]
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Every Wednesday at 10 a.m., the Multi-Purpose Room at the Boca Grande Community Center is filled with the sound of harmony. It’s the sound of Grande Glee. It’s the sound of Boca Grande’s happiest singers. Here’s why Glee is so Grande. You choose the song you want to star in, and the rest of us […]
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■ BY SUSAN ERWIN The traffic shift to the new bridge is planned for December and will be done in phases, according to GIBA Executive Director Kathy Banson-Verrico, and machinery testing is currently in progress in preparation for the big event. In the first phase, “off-island traffic will exit over the new bridge and on-island […]
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The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 2015 Christmas Walk in downtown Boca Grande on Saturday, Nov. 28 from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be great sales in the stores that stay open late, as well as food, drinks, music, the traditional luminary walk and, of course, a visit from Santa […]
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Want to be one of the first to have your 14th Annual Taste of Boca Grande tickets? The event will be held on Monday, Feb. 1 at the Boca Bay Pass Club. The event starts at 6 p.m. Enjoy fabulous food from over 20 local restaurants, great beer and wine and live music from the […]
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■ BY MISTY NICHOLS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GICIA The GICIA has set its sights on Mercabo (the 30-acre parcel at the entrance to the Boca Grande Causeway). With the threat of development looming and Charlotte County again amending their comprehensive plan to allow for an increase in density from the current 3.5 units up […]