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■ STAFF REPORT The staff at Mote Maine Laboratory in Sarasota are inviting Florida residents to discover the wonders of Mote Marine Laboratory for just $6 this Saturday, Sept. 30. The regular admission price for adults is $22. This promotion is to help Mote Marine thank the community for supporting the organization throughout the years. […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’re planning to attend a lunch or dinner event at The Gasparilla Inn & Club, trust that Tom Haggerty, the friendly sous chef in the kitchen, is working hard preparing some delicious items on the menu. Tom has been chef de cuisine at the establishment for the past four years. He works […]
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Louise DeKoven Wanamaker, of Boca Grande, Philadelphia and Northeast Harbour, Maine, widow of John R. Wanamaker, passed away peacefully on September 14, 2017 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Born Louise deKoven Bowen in New York City in 1922, the namesake of her grandmother – the Chicago social reformer, suffragist philanthropist, and one of the creators of […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY BOB ELLIOTT The warnings about Hurricane Irma were pretty bleak, but we had decided to hide behind those storm shutters in our indestructible concrete building and “gut it out.” That is, until the Sheriff’s deputy called and said we had to get out. But where to? After trying three other public shelters […]
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Winifred “Wini” Smart Quackenbush, a lady who has brush-stroked more of Boca Grande’s true heart and soul than almost anyone else, passed peacefully at the age of 85 in Ellsworth, Maine after a long illness, surrounded by her loving family. She graduated from Pt. Pleasant Beach High School, N.J. and attended the Philadelphia College of […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Sometimes nature can get in the way of nature. Sea turtle nests on the island took quite a hit on September 11 as the wrath of Hurricane Irma pounced over Boca Grande beaches. Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association board member and volunteer patroller Melissa Csank said the organization still doesn’t have […]
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The Placida Boat Ramp closed on Sept. 18 for the delivery of supplies for the repairs on the boat ramp and finger piers. The ramp will remain closed through October 13. During this closure, boaters can use the county boat ramps at Bay Heights Park, 1000 S. McCall Road, Englewood or Indian Mounds Park, 210 […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN After days of waiting out the storm – and even more days without electricity – businesses in Boca Grande are open again and serving customers. Brian and John Corcoran of Boca Grande Vacations and Scott Peterson, Association Manager at Boca Grande North said the community fared well during the storm, considering […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Brian Darna remembers going fishing with his uncle, Capt. Babe Darna, many times when he was a teenager. He specifically recalls catching a 132-pound tarpon that took him more than 30 minutes to bring to the boat. “We used to come down in the summer and my dad would bring us […]