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BY SUE ERWIN – When you meet a man who’s been an educator, author, served our country, owned several businesses, defeated cancer and continues to spend several hours each week volunteering at a local hospital … you realize you’re fortunate to know him. This week’s profile candidate is the Boca Beacon’s newest proofreader – yes, proofreader […]
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John Norman Grant Quirk passed away surrounded by his wife and children on August 22, 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer. Grant was born in Montreal Quebec, Canada on February 26, 1937. Grant’s mother died shortly after childbirth. At age nine Grant moved to South Portland, Maine with his father and stepmother. Grant […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Marion Lutz, the Director of the Englewood Animal Rescue Sanctuary (EARS), has been a very busy woman in the last few days. She, as well as a group of dedicated volunteers, has been taking in dogs and cats from flood-ravaged areas in Louisiana. These animals were already in shelters when the […]
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The Boca Grande Camera Club committee members are busy planning an exciting season ahead. “We hope all current participants will renew their membership or join us as a new member,” said club member Kathy Hawken. Club meetings, workshops and featured presentations will be held in the Houghton Room (formerly the community center library) on Tuesdays […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE If the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has its way, a new ban could be put in place that would not allow fishing and boating around some of our neighboring barrier islands. At public workshops held earlier this month, the FWC posed the question regarding modifications to five “critical wildlife […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN As of Tuesday, Aug. 16, there were 125,715 active registered voters in Charlotte County, of which 55,163 were Republicans. There were 35,798 Democrats, and 34,754 people registered with no party affiliation, according to the Charlotte County Supervisor of Election’s website. Because of Florida’s closed primary system, voters must be registered in […]
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Our sister island, Cayo Costa, has been singled out by National Geographic Travel as one of the best stops around the Fort Myers area to visit. It came in at number three out of 10, to be exact. Much of the story focuses on some of the best shelling spots as well, and Cayo Costa […]
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Anne “Candy “Collins passed away on August 9, 2016 at the age of 80. She was the beloved wife for 31 years of the late A. Laney Lee; the loving mother of Alec Lee (Susan) of San Francisco, Calif.; Annie Lazarus (David) of St. Louis, Mo. and Boyd Lee (Aimee) of Minneapolis, Minn.; dear grandmother […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande bridge tender and toll worker Bill Pavia led quite an interesting life before deciding to make the move from Massachusetts to Florida four years ago. He grew up in Milford, Mass. with three brothers and three sisters. Attending parochial school in an Italian Catholic neighborhood, he recalls that everyone […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE I watched a very interesting piece on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver recently regarding the fast-paced demise of print news. It’s essentially the breakdown of what we are inundated with every day when we turn on the television or social media on our computer … it’s what people now call […]