Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles.
The newest member of the Boca Grande Health Clinic team is Natalie Cole. The conversation started something like, “Wow! Natalie Cole, like the singer?” “No relation,” she quickly replied with a deadpanned smile. Apparently, that wasn’t the first time she’s been asked that question. Natalie might not be a famous singer or the daughter of […]
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If you wear white to a party, you’re bound to spill wine on your shirt. If you buy a brand-new car, you’re bound to get a door ding within the first week. But who knew that if you put down some nice, lush, green sod on the Boca Grande Causeway it would catch all kinds […]
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David Lee Arner, 66, of Pinehurst, N.C. passed away on Monday, July 12, 2021 at his residence. Dave was born May 6, 1955, in Massillon, Ohio to Robert and Doris Rudolph Arner. He grew up in Ohio and lived many places but considered Boca Grande to be his home. In 2017 he moved to Pinehurst […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Editorial.
The National Register of Historic Places topic has been beaten into the ground since it began last year. No one knows this better than me, trust me. We may (or may not) be coming to some sort of closure, though, as on Thursday, Aug. 5 a meeting will be held in Tallahassee to determine whether […]
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The Sarasota man arrested for attempting to use counterfeit money at a Hudson’s Grocery on May 18 has had his case moved to the federal courts. Local Lee County deputies arrested Dennis Michael Aigotti, 53, of Sarasota after he allegedly tried to pass fake bills in the Park Avenue store. According to reports when Aigotti […]
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If you live within the Boca Grande residential historic district and you aren’t comfortable with the possibility of your neighborhood being placed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is not too late to let Tallahassee know.
On Thursday, Aug. 5 the Florida National Register Review Board will make its recommendation regarding the determination of eligibility to the Register, regardless of the fact that a majority of the residents in the district, the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board and the Lee County Historic Preservation Board voted against it.
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.
The death toll for the first half of 2021 is greater than it was in the entirety of previous years
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles, Sports & Outdoors.
The first Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle was given out the year after he passed away, in 1993. The buckle is engraved with an eagle, which represents the best fisherman nature has to offer, and a ruby, Jay’s birthstone.
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Sports & Outdoors.
BY T MICHELE WALKER – Croquet is believed to have been first played by thirteenth-century French peasants who fashioned ad hoc mallets to whack wooden balls through hoops made of willow branches. The modern game’s origins can be traced to 1852 when a game called “crooky” was introduced to England from Ireland where it had […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Community History, News.
This is a story of two old Boca Grande institutions and a few of the past and present individuals involved with them over the years.