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To the Editor, Lee County Solid Waste’s third annual “Donated not Wasted” food rescue campaign encourages seasonal residents and visitors to donate unopened pantry items before returning north. The two previous campaigns resulted in 6,000 pounds of food diverted from potential disposal – enough to provide 5,000 meals to hungry people. Nationwide, Americans throw out […]
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To the Editor: Well, hello again to the residents of Boca Grande. We had another power surge/outage on Sunday night at 11 pm! Did anybody call in to register that fact? Either at the time or the next day? Sorry if you ran into a dead end/wall. I called and discovered something relevant to reporting. […]
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Dear Editor, On January 29, 2021 Claude “Allen” Sparks passed away from a rare blood disorder named Amyloidosis. Allen was employed at Boca Bay Master’s Association as a landscape foreman serving the homeowners of the Boca Bay Community. Following his passing, Sue Najar approached the board members to request donations from the homeowners and staff […]
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At left, Dennis Ross offered up some visual aids to argue for the NHR proposal. Photo by Susan H BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Supporters of the proposal to include a portion of Boca Grande’s residential historic district on the National Register of Historic Places brought out the big guns from Gilchrist Avenue on Wednesday, March […]
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BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Don’t forget to drop by the art sale this Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Methodist Church on Gilchrist Avenue. All proceeds from the sale will be distributed by the United Methodist Women (UMW) to local charities that benefit women and children in need. […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Boca Grande Art Center is turning it up a notch this season. To make things interesting, they are adding a giveaway drawing to their annual March Art Show. “We have several artists that are going to donate items for our prize, which we’ve never done before. People who come […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center hit it out of the ballpark again with their March installment of “All That Jazz,” featuring Brandon Robertson. Robertson, a bassist, composer and music educator originally from Tampa, Florida, is a rising star on the upright and electric bass. A Professor of Jazz […]
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Earl T. Lewis, M.D. 93, passed away on Monday February 22, 2021 at his home with his beloved wife, Elle by his side. Formerly a resident of West Chester and Boca Grande, he was born April 19, 1927, in Hattiesburg, Miss., to Henry Thurman and Lulu Mae Hargrove Lewis. He attended Greenwood High School, […]
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Harold Floyd McMillan died Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Englewood, Florida, at the age of 96. He was born October 28, 1924, in Lawrence County, Alabama, to Dee Floyd McMillan and Nona Sivley McMillan. He was predeceased by his parents, his sister, Sibyl Watson, and his wife, Vera Montyne Day McMillan. Harold was a native […]
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Michael E. Giobbe, Jr. (a.k.a Papa), 79, of Boca Grande and Chappaqua, N.Y. died peacefully in his home in Boca Grande on March 6, 2021. Michael was born on April 13, 1941 the youngest of three children, to Marguerite Visconti and Dr. Michael E Giobbe of Torrington, Conn. He arrived on an Easter Sunday […]