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■ BY JERRY MALLETT Should I stay or should I go? In 1981 the English rock band The Clash produced a song with the lyrics, “Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble, and if I stay there will be double, so come on, let me know.” The […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Grab a roll of festive streamers, some balloons, some fireworks, some fine sipping whiskey and some Xanax for your doggy, because the Fourth of July is here! The festivities will commence on the morning of the Fourth with our annual golf cart parade, which means show up at the PJ’s Seagrille parking […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteers have been kept busy tracking feline hunters and some other unusual visitors to the island recently, after several nests were subject to predation. As they make their way to the beach to lay their eggs. nesting sea turtles constantly must face natural land predators. In […]
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Richard L. Leatherwood, age 78, of Boca Grande and Walland, Tenn., died at his mountain home on June 25, 2017. He is survived by his wife Mary Ann; his daughter and son-in-law, Katherine and Eric Brakman; beloved granddaughters Stella and Nora Brakman, all of Richmond, Virginia; and a loving extended family. Richard grew up in […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Leiah Goudy enjoys spending her days overlooking the bayou at the Boca Grande Marina. She has been the manager at the ship store there for the past four years. Her earliest memories of Boca Grande include spending time at Uncle Henry’s Marina while her mom, Vicki Bergquist, worked as a waitress at the […]
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Thank You! The Board of Directors of Boca Grande Charities, Inc. would like to thank everyone for making the 2017 Gasparilla Island Kids’ Classic Tarpon Tournament such a great success. The kids had a great time, releasing 28 big tarpon and raising $37,000 for our charities! An event like this would not be possible without […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Eagle Scout Grant Reecher recently turned 18 and graduated from Lemon Bay High School in Englewood. And he’s looking forward to a bright future this fall, when he will be moving to London to study culinary arts. Grant is a member of Boy Scout Troop 198 out of Rotonda West. He […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The owners of Glass Bottom Rentals and Paddle Board Adventures have teamed up with Boca Grande native Nikki Heimann to offer “Teen Eco-Adventure Tours” on the island in this summer. Two events are scheduled in July. The owners of Glass Bottom Rentals and Paddle Board Adventures have teamed up with Boca […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The summer season has arrived, and that can mean crowded conditions on Florida’s waterways. Save the Manatee Club encourages the boating community to watch for manatees when out on the water. Manatees usually swim about three to five miles per hour. Because they are slow-moving, need to surface to breathe air, and […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Andy Charcut was living in Illinois in 2013, when his boss Steve Kaplin, offered him a job in Boca Grande. At the time, Steve owned Infotrack, a pre-employment screening company. Steve and his wife Jill were vacationing in Boca Grande when they noticed that an island convenience store was for sale. Intrigued by […]