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Many thanks for a great book sale

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.

To the Editor: The JF Library Foundation just concluded another successful Book Sale, thanks to the outstanding efforts of our Library Foundation volunteers and the many community residents who donated their books, DVDs and CDs to this semi-annual event. Spearheading the volunteers were Betsey Hall and Joanne Hall. Our sincere appreciation to the entire group, […]

Local seaplane pilot saves boaters on Peace River in twist of fate rescue

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It’s always amazing when lives are saved by the fates, good fortune and kind hearts. Mark Futch rediscovered that feeling last Thursday as he cruised in his seaplane up around the Peace River just north of the Nav-a-Gator Restaurant. Mark was with Rogan White, son of author Randy Wayne White. He was teaching him to […]

Author of Reagan bio to speak at Community Center

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Edmund Morris, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, will be speaking at the Boca Grande Community Center about his book entitled, “Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan,” at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The only biography ever authorized by a sitting President, Mr. Morris will be speaking about the 13 years of exhaustive research he did in […]

Lit Forum to feature Hammond and Proust’s ‘Swann’s Way’

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The Literature Forum inaugurated its 2015-2016 season on November 12 with an excellent presentation of Eudora Welty’s novella, “The Ponder Heart.” The discussion was ably led by David Jenkins, a veteran Literature Forum presenter and participant, and was dedicated to Bob Shandorf, the loyal Forum member and presenter who died unexpectedly last summer. Bob was […]

Profile: Jon Burdette

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Profiles.

■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Islander and local business owner Jon Burdette started visiting Boca Grande in 1985 when his grandparents were introduced to the island by Stewart Turley. By the early 1990s, his family had made Boca Grande their weekend home. Originally from Wellington, an area just west of Palm Beach, he attended school there, […]

Getting ready to cross the new bridge soon

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■ BY SUSAN ERWIN The traffic shift to the new bridge is planned for December and will be done in phases, according to GIBA Executive Director Kathy Banson-Verrico, and machinery testing is currently in progress in preparation for the big event. In the first phase, “off-island traffic will exit over the new bridge and on-island […]

Save The Tarpon suit laid to rest when PTTS walks

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SPECIAL REPORT After seeing its case gutted and its lawyer publicly called out by a Charlotte County judge, the owners of the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series capitulated and walked away from its nearly three year old lawsuit aimed at silencing Save the Tarpon and the group’s more than 28,000 supporters. The sudden PTTS surrender on […]