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BY SUSAN HANAFEE Lee County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday, April 6 to oppose the nomination of 129 individual homes and structures in Boca Grande to the National Register of Historic Places. Their vote supported two previous rejections of the proposal by the local Historic Preservation Board. But by noon on Wednesday, April 7, supporters […]
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STAFF REPORT – Ladies and gentlemen, dams and sires, it looks like we are a “go” for completion of our dog park. According to Lee County Communications Specialist Tim Engstrom, Lee County Parks & Recreation is working to schedule a public input opportunity for the dog park that will be located on Wheeler Road, and […]
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STAFF REPORT – The Wheeler Road Dog Park is closed on Friday’s from 6 a.m. – 1 p.m. for dogs to run freely or for individuals to congregate prior to 9 a.m. The park is leased to Local Roots (the Farmers Market) and they have exclusive rights to the park during these hours. […]
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STAFF REPORT – This past weekend Boca Grande firefighters came to the rescue of a woman in a kayak who was in distress in local waters. On Sunday, March 21 at approximately 8:30 p.m. the Boca Grande Fire Department received a water rescue call from Charlotte County Fire and EMS, regarding a female kayaker who […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – If you happened to be walking down Park Avenue in Boca Grande Thursday evening, March 18, you would have been magnetically drawn to the sounds of Otis Redding’s “Sitting at the Dock of the Bay” and the cool grooves of Sade. The location of the festivities was outside of J.McLaughlin’s. […]
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BY ELAINE SKYPALA – Once upon a time in February 2020 the world was fairly normal. Ann Fletcher, President of Royal Palm Players, looked at the well planned, excellent assortment of plays and shows for the following season and was really pleased with the entertainment lineup for Boca Grande. Sadly, just a few months later, […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It’s been a busy week of ambulance calls, alarms and water rescues for the Boca Grande Fire Department, but one of the most admirable rescues that took place didn’t even happen on the island. Boca Grande Firefighter Alex Moore was working part-time at a Sarasota gym last weekend when a man […]
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At left, Dennis Ross offered up some visual aids to argue for the NHR proposal. Photo by Susan H BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Supporters of the proposal to include a portion of Boca Grande’s residential historic district on the National Register of Historic Places brought out the big guns from Gilchrist Avenue on Wednesday, March […]
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Earl T. Lewis, M.D. 93, passed away on Monday February 22, 2021 at his home with his beloved wife, Elle by his side. Formerly a resident of West Chester and Boca Grande, he was born April 19, 1927, in Hattiesburg, Miss., to Henry Thurman and Lulu Mae Hargrove Lewis. He attended Greenwood High School, […]
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Harold Floyd McMillan died Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Englewood, Florida, at the age of 96. He was born October 28, 1924, in Lawrence County, Alabama, to Dee Floyd McMillan and Nona Sivley McMillan. He was predeceased by his parents, his sister, Sibyl Watson, and his wife, Vera Montyne Day McMillan. Harold was a native […]