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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – When 24-year-old Elizabeth Weber was contacted through Instagram by someone who claimed to be working for CBS on a new television show idea, she was not sold on the idea. However, a leap of faith has brought her out on the other side of an amazing journey she wouldn’t take back for […]
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BY MARY COOK, FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE – Sam Gwynne treated the Friends of Boca Grande crowd to a recording of the “Rebel Yell.” It was the prologue to his January 22 talk on “Rebel Yell, the Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson.” Gwynne warned that the sound to be heard throughout the Community Center […]
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STAFF REPORT – On Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium, the Boca Grande Historical Society will present the premiere of a recently produced film about the rebuilding and launching of the Mayflower II, which will sail from Mystic, Connecticut to Boston later this year in celebration of the […]
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STAFF REPORT – This week’s profile is the last in the introduction to the chefs behind “The Taste of Boca Grande,” in the weeks leading up to the event on Monday, Feb. 3 at the Boca Bay Pass Club. See the previous two weeks’ Boca Beacons to see the profiles for the other ‘Taste’ chefs […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Here we are with the second installment of three rounding out the menus of the Taste of Boca Grande, which will be held on Monday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. The Boca Bay Pass Club will once again host the event on their back lawn, and the giant tents will be present […]
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To the Editor: I am writing to thank Boca Grande residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Because of the generosity of donors in Boca Grande and across the United States, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collected more than 8.9 million shoebox gifts […]
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This week’s profile may seem a bit confusing on first perusal, but there is a method to our madness. We want to introduce you to the chefs behind “The Taste of Boca Grande,” a few at a time, in the weeks leading up to the event on February 3 at the Boca Bay Pass Club. […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Perhaps you noticed an ad in last week’s and this week’s newspaper announcing that the Boca Grande Community Planning Association, Inc. is looking for input from the community regarding potential changes to our comprehensive plan for the island. The name at the top of the ad may look familiar to you, […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE A wise man once said that the reason many women don’t immediately tell their significant other what it is they want to eat, is because they want to eat more than one thing from more than one place. The 2020 Taste of Boca Grande is the perfect solution for that dilemma … […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Island author David Sparks will be releasing the sequel to “Burying Pinkie Pie” within the next weeks. “What Carlos Knew” will be available on Amazon.com. “Burying Pinkie Pie” is a story about a teenager who is dealing with the antics of life in a setting similar to Boca Grande. The protagonist is […]