Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: I have been reluctant to participate in your newspaper’s reporting in the past because I did not feel that the coverage was fair or accurate. However, considering your most recent article of March 28 regarding Gasparilla Mobile Estates, I cannot continue to ignore the false reporting that has been repeated in so […]
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To the Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors of Royal Palm Players, I want to thank the community of Boca Grande for their support of our remarkably successful season. Our mission is to Entertain, Educate, and Engage our audiences, actors, and the community at large. This season we sold out virtually all our […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial, Featured News.
We appreciate the many personal visits from residents coming by to pick up their 4-Digit Phone Book. We have a standard ritual for it, namely we check to see if the listing is correct, we give each listed person one copy, and we ask if they need to purchase extra copies, which are a bargain […]
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You are cordially invited to meet your Charlotte County elected officials at the Community Center in Boca Grande on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
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BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Lots of snook have moved into the back country! The last two weeks have been great fishing around Boca Grande, even in the high wind conditions. We are seeing lots of snook show up in the shallow waters and are catching them on live bait. Along with the snook, the redfish […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
Easter Sunday has always represented new life, a sign of rebirth and a time of hope for better days ahead as problems of the world swirl around us. It is more than the fluff of Easter things that hide the true meaning of Easter, buried among the hustle and bustle of the day. One sure […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in News, Sports & Outdoors.
Establishing a natural drug discovery program What might have seemed like science fiction a few years ago is real-life science at Mote Marine Laboratory. This week, Dr. Kirstie Tanberg Francis told of her work in searching for new medical breakthroughs from the ocean. Her talk closed out Mote’s 2024 Coffee with a Scientist series at […]
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The Johann Fust Library Foundation presents author and University of Central Florida Creative Writing Professor Chrissy Kolaya, who will teach a hands-on class in short-form fiction and nonfiction from Friday, April 5, through Sunday, April 7. The class is scheduled on Friday, April 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, April 6, from 9 […]
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New York based Emmy-nominated trumpeter and singer Benny Benack III will to perform at the Friends of Boca Grande – All That Jazz concert series Monday, April 8. By age 33, Benny Benack III has already become a leading voice in Jazz, headlining clubs and festivals around the world on the heels of his latest […]
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A power line came down at 805 Belcher Road on Saturday, March 23. While the images are dramatic, no one was hurt, and power was restored to the South end of the Island after the incident, reported at about 10:26 p.m. Photos by Dusty