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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Englewood Community Care Clinic introduced their new sign for the Health Center to update their location and pay tribute to a special couple on Boca Grande. On January 10 of this year, the Care Clinic held their annual open house, this time to surprise its initiators. Dr. Raymond James of […]
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STAFF REPORT – Come for the economy discussion, and stay for the capital market talk at the 2020 Economic Summit, planned for Thursday, March 5 at 3:30 p.m. in the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium. John Kissinger will be moderating the annual event. He will be joined by four gentlemen: Jim Runde, Marty McFadden and Mike […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Young Life of Charlotte Harbor is a non-profit Christian organization bringing kids together while sharing a relationship with faith. Since the organization’s start in 1941, the goal of the program has been to help students build a relationship with their peers and with their faith. The United Methodist Church on Boca […]
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To the Editor: The Mangrove Chapter, Florida Native Plant Society invites you to join us in celebrating our annual “Native Plant Day.” The public is invited to this free half-day educational outreach event to be held on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Cedar Point Environmental Park, 2300 Placida Rd. in Englewood, from 9:30 a.m. to […]
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To the Editor: The Lemon Bay Conservancy wishes to thank the Boca Grande community and our loyal sponsors, Centennial Bank; Rowley Insurance Agency Inc; Brian Corcoran of BRC Group; Gail Cleveland and Terry Waite of Smart Studio; Palm Island Resort and the Beckstead family; Manasota Beach Club and the Buffum/Crampton family; Anthony C. Leonard Roofing […]
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It is said that there are some who bring a light to the world that is so great, it remains even after they are gone. Those words might have been written about Nicole Coleman, because even though she left us on Monday, February 10, 2020, it still doesn’t feel like she’s gone. She certainly fought […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Bruce Rougraff is a self-proclaimed beach bum from way back. When he was a child, living in Houston, his family would head to the Galveston Bay beach almost every weekend, and some of his fondest memories are of those trips. Those memories, and those of going to the beaches of Southwest […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Here’s a riddle for you: What is something that local fishing captains get a whole lot of, other than fish, when they’re out on the water? The answer is, questions. They get questions about what types of fish their client might catch, and at what times of year, why they use the […]
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STAFF REPORT – The Library Foundation is honored to once again welcome Roxana Robinson to speak in the library loggia. Her most recent novel, “Dawson’s Fall,” takes place in stormy, post-Civil War Charleston during 1889. It is a time and place fraught with division, both social and political, and racial conflict. The main character, Francis Dawson, […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is currently displaying the artwork a Boca Grande resident and woman of history. Susan Michod is part of the show called “With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985.” Michod has led the “pattern and decoration” movement since 1969. This movement surfaced […]