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Doro Bush Koch will speak on the topic of mindfulness on Thursday, Jan. 18 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church at 4 p.m. Most of us won’t experience what it’s like to have people we love, members of our family, criticized and ripped apart in the name of political theater. As daughter and sister to two […]
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The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet Wed., Jan. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Boca Grande Community Center. There is only one main item on the docket, namely a public hearing to convert 446 4th Street East from a non-contributing to a contributing structure in the Boca Grande Historic District. That case is […]
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Get ready Boca Grande, it’s Chowder Dinner time again, and this year the event will be held at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. The Island School PTO’s annual fundraiser, featuring the best soups and chowders from restaurants throughout the area, will soon be here. This is the eighth annual Chowder Dinner, and it is set […]
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Few people are more enthusiastic, joyful, grateful, or optimistic than Pam Heilman. She is a board member and number one cheerleader for the Boca Grande Historical Society. Pam served as president of the board for a couple of years, as well. “I was lucky,” she said, “five years ago they asked me to join and […]
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The year 2023 was a year where things got back to normal, mostly, from Hurricane Ian. While there were still many houses and condos that were still incomplete, Gasparilla Island came back to some sense of normalcy. But it was not a total normal. Every storm brought angst. The question before every storm, whether Hurricane Idalia or […]
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Charlotte County is conducting a formal feasibility survey to determine the need for access to the bridgeless barrier islands including Palm Island, Little Gasparilla Island, Don Pedro Island and Knight Island/Thornton Key. Currently there are a mix of private ferries to and from the islands. Palm Island has a privately run scheduled ferry, Palm Island […]
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Verizon and T-Mobile are both sending signals from their new cell tower in Boca Grande. That according to a message from the site development team at Vertical Bridge, the Boca Raton-based operator of the tower. According to Stephen E. Raville, who has been monitoring construction for the Boca Grande Cell Tower Committee, AT&T should be […]
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Last week, crews replaced the awnings on the Railroad Depot building. They match the ones before Hurricane Ian. The building dates from 1910, and is the former Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway Depot.
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Charlotte County Facilities Construction & Maintenance is conducting a feasibility study for accessibility to and from the bridge-less barrier islands on the coast, including Palm Island, Little Gasparilla Island, Don Pedro Island and Knight Island/Thornton Key. This study seeks community input on the need for additional modes of access between the islands and mainland. A […]