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■ BY SUE ERWIN Attention all sea turtle fans. The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association is seeking volunteers to help patrol the beaches for the upcoming nesting season. It appears that nesting season has started early this year. The first nest was spotted on Monday, April 24 around 48th Street on zone 4. The loggerhead nest […]
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■ SUE ERWIN When you’re placed in the awful position of deciding what to do when your pet is nearing the end-of-life stage, you are faced with some serious questions: How do I know it’s time? Is it the right thing to do? What if I regret the decision? And the answers aren’t usually easy to […]
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BY DEAN LAUX – Noël Crosby grew up in Manchester, N.H., where her dad’s parents owned the Greenfield Carpet Company and her mom’s parents were in the grocery business. So you could say she never had to worry about having a floor under her feet and food in her tummy. But that’s not to say that […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN. After working for more than 25 years in the television broadcast news industry, Boca Grande seasonal resident Kim Hume decided in 2007 that it was time to enjoy retirement. Kim is the former vice president and Washington, D.C. bureau chief for FOX News Channel, also known as FNC. She […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Jeff Simmons has spent 25 years working about every position at “The Temp” restaurant and bar on the island. He started out as a busboy in 1991 and is currently a partner/owner of the establishment. “I had a friend who was a chef at the restaurant, and he mentioned […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Mike Weddle has been alluring people onto the dance floor performing live roll and roll music in Boca Grande for nearly 20 years. Mike has been the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the Boca Bande since 1997. He is the only original member of the band of five […]
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If you’ve visited Gasparilla Island State Park recently, chances are you might have seen Park Ranger Skyler Seidenberg putting up beach flags or doing other various duties during his shift at the park. Skyler was born in Detroit, MI. His mother moved to Jupiter, FL (near Palm Beach) when he was about 1 […]
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■ STAFF REPORT All are invited to celebrate the annual lighting of the Lighthouse with Christmas lights, live entertainment, appetizer and more. The date of the event is Saturday, Dec. 10. Gates open at 5:45 p.m., and the lights will go on at 6:15 p.m. Port Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum, 880 Belcher Rd.
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■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Woman’s Club’s annual Christmas tree lighting will be held on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. on Park Avenue, between 4th and 5th Streets. The event will feature Toni Vanover, branch manager/senior librarian at the Johann Fust Community Library, as the honorary Christmas tree lighter. Also featured […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande real estate broker Kevin Hyde was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and he’s been spending the summers in southwest Florida since he was 5 years old. He remembers when he was a boy, staying at The Gasparilla Inn cottages where his father entertained business clients. “The […]