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John P. McGarry Jr. of Bedford, NY and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully at home on October 7, 2021, at age 81, after a long battle with Parkinson’s. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Villanova University, an Executive MBA from Harvard, and served in the National Guard. […]
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To the Editor: The Literature Forum is back and looking forward to inaugurating its 2021-22 season on Thursday, November 4th, with a presentation of “Circe” by Madeline Miller. This follow-up to Miller’s best-selling first novel, “The Song of Achilles”, is told from the perspective of Circe, the sorceress nymph whose brief appearance in Homer’s “Odyssey” […]
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Celebrate Cayo Costa! Will be held at the Island State Park on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Affordable all-inclusive tickets feature round trip boat transportation from three departure points, all activities and a barbeque lunch catered by Big Nick’s BBQ. “This is a great opportunity to visit the park by boat […]
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The first performance of the 2021-22 Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center will be held on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. when the Castalian Quartet takes the state. General admission tickets are $45, reserved tickets are $75 and sponsor-level tickets are $250. The show will take place in the Boca Grande Community Center […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles.
If you are in the market for a motivational speaker for your next graduation, Kay Kemper is the woman for you. Energetic, optimistic, and full of joie de vivre, Kay could inspire the most woebegone and has uplifting wisdom to share. From being the first female vice president in the history of Old Dominion University […]
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Breast cancer treatment has come a long way in the past 100 years. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was believed that breast cancer was an infectious disease whose spread was expedited by surgery. One of the prominent surgeons of the day, James Syme (1799-1870) from Edinburgh, believed that surgery shouldn’t be attempted […]
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By Turtle Patroller Tonya Bramlage Non-viable, unhatched nests are in the final weeks of excavation. These nests have not produced a hatching 70 days after their creation. There are a multitude of natural environmental factors that could cause a nest to not hatch. A nest that is too close to the water may have been […]
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By Erica Martin and Alice Court Live theater is back. Broadway is back. The West End is back. Touring companies are back on the road. And Royal Palm Players is back, too. At the end of the lost season – last year – RPP began casting, planning and producing the upcoming Superlative Season of Fun! […]
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Lucinda Dixon Sullivan has one heck of a bookshelf. If one did not know that she was a writer, they would immediately guess by the stunning, wall-filled shelves of books that line her living room. Lucinda just happens to be a successful novelist, having written “It was the Goodness of the Place,” along with several […]
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It was seven months ago that demolition began on the Boca Bay Pass Club’s $3.5 million renovation. Today, despite a few headaches caused by the ongoing COVID pandemic, the remodeling is moving along nicely. Drywall and hardwood flooring have been installed in the expanded Grille Room (Paradise Room), which contains a wall of glass doors […]