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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It’s amazing how such a diminutive body can wield such a mighty soul, but everyone who met Patti Middleton recognized her tremendous spirit. The tiny body that could get easily lost in a crowd had the roar of a lion when she needed to, and the fiery passion of a tempest […]
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BY TONYA BRAMLAGE – For countless artists their mothers were their first unofficial art teachers, whether they provided actual instructions or encouraged their creativity by example. So, what exactly is a daughter to do when her mother has received more than 30 awards, is listed as “Who’s Who in American Art” and in the “World’s […]
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STAFF REPORT – Local first responders received several calls this weekend, including several boat and golf cart calls. On Saturday, April 24 at approximately 8:50 p.m. Boca Grande firefighters responded to a call for mutual aid from Charlotte County for a small, dark-colored boat that was possibly in distress with no running lights on, possibly […]
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SUBMITTED BY ERICA RESS MARTIN – On Tuesday, May 11 at 4:30 p.m., the third free webisode of the new St. Andrew’s Lecture series examines the impact of Sunday as a Holy Day Holiday in America. Not so long ago, Sunday was the most special day of the week. Blue laws kept malls and stores […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – After 16 years of service to the Boca Grande and southwest Florida community, Blanche Vedette is turning in her animal rescue badge. From 2005, Blanche, co-owner of the Loose Caboose, has been a volunteer rescuer with the Wildlife Center of Southwest Florida, formerly the Wildlife Center of Venice. With running […]
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STAFF REPORT – After taking 2020 off because of COVID-19, the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament will return on Saturday, June 5, and will be held in Boca Grande Pass from 3 to 6 p.m. According to Capt. Sandy Melvin, the founder and coordinator osf the tournament, this is the world’s greatest kids fishing […]
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BY KAREN GRACE AND THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER – The beginning of the du Pont family in Boca Grande came in 1916 or 1917 when Louise (du Pont) and Frank Crowninshield rented Frank’s brother’s (Benjamin) Gulf front cottage. In the years that followed, Louise and Frank bought land at First Street and Gulf Boulevard, […]
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BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Excuse us for stating the obvious: The housing market in Boca Grande and environs is hotter than Florida asphalt in September and shows no signs of cooling off. The situation prompted Kevin Hyde of Parsley-Baldwin Real Estate, a district vice president for Florida Realtors, to post a humorous comment on Facebook […]
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STAFF REPORT – Since its founding in 1948, the Boca Grande Woman’s Club has contributed over $4,000,000 for community projects, local non-profit organizations, and college scholarships. In response to the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, the club created an Emergency Relief Fund which provided over $600,000 to Boca Grande businesses and employees that were financially impacted. At […]
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BY SUSAN HANAFEE The proposal to put a portion of Boca Grande’s residential district onto the National Register of Historic places has been removed from the May 6 agenda of Florida’s National Register Review Board, the Boca Beacon has learned. The item had been up for discussion by state officials based on an indication there […]