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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many thanks for making an unprecedented journey successful
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, Letters to the Editor, News.
To the Editor: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! To everyone who watched Spark Boca Grande TV’s Livestream Comedy reading of “His Second Act” on May 2, we’d like to say “Thank you.” Thank you for your patience with our technical glitches. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your time. Our first livestream […]
EDITORIAL: The power of the press, the power of the people
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Editorial, Featured News, News.
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you were to go back in a time machine to February 1 and be able to talk to the person you were back then, imagine the conversation you would have. Things we never thought were possible in our age of modern technology and medicine have been taking place. This virus […]
OBITUARY: William W. Wilcox V
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News, Obituaries.
On April 27, 2020 William W. Wilcox V, 94, of Westwood, Mass. and formerly of Boca Grande, and devoted husband of Priscilla, his wife of 71 years, passed away. He was born on April 24, 1926 in Middletown, Conn. to Eleanor Sanborn Wilcox and William W Wilcox IV. He attended Eaglebrook School, Phillips Andover Academy, […]
PROFILE: Gina McFadden
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News, Profiles.
STAFF REPORT – Boca Grande resident Gina McFadden is the Vice President of the Boca Grande Art Center Board of Directors and also the Chair of their Membership Committee. She was born and raised in Mt. Vernon, New York and graduated from high school in Rye, New York. Gina graduated from Barat College in Lake […]
A message from the Clinic: Putting the pieces together
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.
BY TOM ERVIN, MD – My family enjoys puzzles; hard puzzles. The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has given a new meaning to the term “jigsaw.” Two to three months ago, all of us were faced with a puzzle. COVID-19 was all around us, but what was it? Pieces of all shapes and sizes were being […]
Time they’ll never get back … Local high school seniors salvage what they can of their graduating year by looking ahead
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News.
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Prom dresses hang in closets, some with tags still attached. Hallways that were once filled with noise and bustle are still. Yearbooks will still be distributed, but the friends who used to fill pages with messages in hallways between classes and after school are sitting in their own homes, doing their […]
A message from the Clinic: Putting the pieces together
Written by BBadmin7502 on . Posted in Health & Wellness, News.
BY TOM ERVIN, MD – My family enjoys puzzles; hard puzzles. The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has given a new meaning to the term “jigsaw.” Two to three months ago, all of us were faced with a puzzle. COVID-19 was all around us, but what was it? Pieces of all shapes and sizes were being […]
While Payroll Protection is looking up, unemployment filing problems plague furloughed island workers
Written by BBadmin7502 on . Posted in News.
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – As Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday that on May 4 some retail shops and restaurants would be opening for limited business, some cheered and prepared to go back to work. Others looked into the faces of their family members and wondered how they were going to survive this next few […]
Let’s talk sidewalk amenities and parking in Boca Grande
Written by BBadmin7502 on . Posted in Featured News, News.
Part II: Items to be addressed by the Boca Grande Community Planning Association STAFF REPORT – Island residents who took the Boca Grande Community Planning Survey gave their views on two topics familiar to islanders – sidewalk amenities and parking. The chart below shows the responses about sidewalk amenities. Parking was not included in the […]