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An angel has passed. Roberta Presley Johnson, born in 1942 in Boca Grande, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of Charlie Mae and Bill Presley, who owned and operated the primary grocery store on the island. Roberta grew up and went to school in Boca Grande. She […]
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■ STAFF REPORT This year’s Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament artwork is extra-special, as it portrays a young Isabelle Joiner on the dock of Whidden’s Marina. The art was just released this week from artist Brendan Coudal. In the painting you can see some of the iconic symbols of the […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Royal Palm Players will be hosting “An evening with Reyn and Friends,” featuring Reyn Guyer and collaborator Jeff Harrington on April 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium. Guyer and Harrington will sing songs from their collection as well as a few other surprises. […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Island author David Sparks will be speaking at the Johann Fust Community Library at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 in the library loggia. Sparks is the author of “Burying Pinkie Pie” and “Built to Fail.” “Burying Pinkie Pie” is a story about a teenager who is dealing with the antics […]
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■ STAFF REPORT If you’re thinking about leaving the island for the season, think again. The moment you have been waiting for has almost arrived … the 2019 Four-Digit Phone Books are scheduled to arrive next week. We will be manning a table near the post office on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Monday, April 3, […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Boca Bargains will be closing its doors for the season on Wednesday, April 17. However, the store still has many items for sale and welcomes shoppers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. The last day for donations will be Monday, April 1 from 9 to 11 a.m. Please […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Lee County deputies attended to a domestic altercation on Tuesday, March 19 at 1:40 p.m. at a local drinking establishment. According to deputy reports, the complainant was sitting at The Temptation for a family and friend fathering when he observed another man enter the room with a very agitated look on […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Sixth-generation Floridian Hank Hendry spoke to a crowd at the final History Bytes event of the season on Wednesday, March 27. His great-great-grandfather Francis Asbury Hendry first visited Fort Myers in 1853 as a scout for the Army during the Third Seminole Indian War. A. Hendry subsequently was a captain of […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Kathy Berry has been working hard for the past several months to make sure that the annual Boca Grande Bike Parade & Woman’s Club Spring Fair taking place this Saturday, March 30 will be a successful event and enjoyed by all. Kathy is president of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club, which sponsors the […]
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■ BY ERICA RESS-MARTIN This April 2, 3 and 4, Grande Glee does something completely different when they sing their first full-length concert – “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” This 90-minute production originally was written as a concert with almost no spoken lines. So it’s perfect for a Grande Glee performance. As you probably […]