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To the Editor: The committee of the “Taste of Boca Grande” is presenting the following report regarding our financial results for 2020. Over the past 18 years we have made $610, 650 to present to the Harry Chapin Food Bank. Amazingly, the Food Bank is able to buy $8 worth of food for every $1 […]
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LCSO Traffic Notice: In the interest of public safety, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is conducting regular crosswalk traffic operations on Boca Grande. The Johann Fust Library crosswalk at 10th Street is of heightened concern to local LCSO patrol, where there is increased pedestrian traffic coming and going at the library. The Lee County Sheriff’s […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Boca Grande Historical Society has been bringing history to life for 25 years now, and the last History Byte of the season celebrated its anniversary with cake and memories. Two of the original founders, Pat and Chuck Agles, spoke at the Johann Fust Library on February 26th to recollect how […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Lemon Bay girls’ soccer team has officially made history, reveling in their first Regional Championship ever. The Lady Mantas victory through their first District match win of 15 years and their success in Regionals put them on the path to the State Final Four playoffs in Jacksonville. The Mantas made […]
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STAFF REPORT – Grab your spoons and your appetites and get ready for the 6th annual “Chowder, Everyone!” PTO fundraiser chowder dinner for The Island School. This year there are 16 entries into the chowder array, including some of the finest restaurants on and off the island. A silent auction will also be held, including […]
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STAFF REPORT – The third Boca Grande Woman’s Club Fashion Show and Luncheon will be held at The Gasparilla Inn on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 11:30 a.m. with a special boutique following the show. The theme is “2020 Women of Vision.” This is also a special tribute to the Woman’s Club’s long-standing supporter, Bud Konheim, […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It’s been a long, hard road to find out exactly what Lee County calls the thin strip of land that borders the sea wall between 1st and 4th Streets, but the Lee County Property Appraiser’s office has done some homework and come up with the best information we have received so far. […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It was old home week at the last installment of History Bytes at the Johann Fust Community Library on Wednesday, Feb. 12, with Milton Bell as the speaker and John Johnson, Carolyn Bell, Robert Johnson, Mary Knight Vickers and Betsy Fugate Joiner in attendance as well. Robert Johnson, whose family ran the […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The friendly smile and platinum hair that has become so synonymous with Boca Grande Health Clinic Chief Executive Officer Hilja Bilodeau’s presence on the island will be disappearing soon, as she will be retiring this year. After facilitating many very positive changes at the Health Clinic and Annex, she is leaving with […]
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BY MARY COOK – In 1941 she took over the staggering work of running Alliance, France’s largest spy network, a corps of 3,000 agents. She described herself as merely “the wife of an officer, mother of a family, member of no political party, and a Catholic.” In reality, however, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade thought like a man. Lynne […]