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■ STAFF REPORT Right now there is someone out there making Jell-O shots. Someone else is buying Mardi Gras beads, and yet other someones are calling their mom, grandmother or sister to talk about this weekend’s festivities. The 2019 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament, sponsored by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce, is upon us. […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The fish tank is still there. The general look is the same, and the phone number is, too. The sign came down last week for PJ’s Seagrille, Scarpa’s Coastal sign went up, and a new dining opportunity has come to fruition. If you called Scarpa’s Coastal Restaurant on Wednesday afternoon, the […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Lauren Hanrahan once taught kindergarten at The Island School. Now she teaches third grade at Englewood Elementary School. She has a three-year-old daughter and a 7-month-old son, and she recently returned to school after maternity leave, but she also received some serious news from the doctor at that time. Lauren was […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association would like to remind everyone that sea turtle nesting season officially began on May 1, and it’s more important than ever to remember to cover up holes and knock down sand castles when visiting the beach, and dispose of any trash properly. So far, six […]
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Thomas Meskell Hauser, 78, of Boca Grande and Dellwood, Minn., passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on April 24, 2019. Tom was born in Saint Paul, Minn. on August 6, 1940. He graduated from St. Paul Academy in 1959 and later a received a bachelor’s degree in business and psychology from the University of Minnesota. After […]
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To the Editor: The annual statewide recreational alligator harvest begins August 15, and the application process is a random drawing – so the more choices you make, the better your chances of getting drawn. The application period for the phase I random drawing begins May 17 at 10 a.m. and runs through May 27. More […]
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To the Editor and all of our supporters: More than 200 lovers of fine literature attended the past season’s Literature Forum. Able presenters and discussion leaders, including Pat Agger, Sue Fuller, Sally Brust, Hilari Fix, Charles Clarke, Anne Beatty and Ellie Crawford, brought the selected books to life by describing the history of the time […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Sea turtle nesting season officially began on May 1, but one anxious loggerhead started the season early and made her nest on Monday, April 29. The first nest of the season was found and documented in Zone 8 (Range Light walkway south to Sea Grape Park) by Donna Larson and Ashley […]
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The Boca Grande Fire Department and Lee County EMS responded to their first shark bite call since 2005 on Wednesday, May 1. At approximately 6:42 p.m. the call came in. The victim had been fishing on a boat in Boca Grande Pass when he lost his balance and fell into the water. Witnesses said it […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – We are one step closer to having a little more beach to our name. On Tuesday, April 23 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of Jacksonville awarded a $6.4 million contract to a company from New Jersey for what they call “reducing risks to landside infrastructure in the Lee County portion […]