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■ BY SUE ERWIN – The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 10, and a debate continued about a proposal regarding a property on Banyan Street. The request, an item continued from the September 12 meeting, was to demolish an existing single-family residence and construct a new one at 235 […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN – There’s a new friendly face at Englewood Bank ready to serve your financial needs. Cindy Bartzer started working at the island bank about two months ago. She actually found the job by happenstance. She walked in to the Cape Haze branch and asked for an application, and that led her to the […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – Jennifer Summers has a daily view of Boca Grande Pass that many people would pay a good amount of money to see just one time. She works in the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse at Gasparilla Island State Park at the southern end of the island. “I’ve seen so many cool things […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN At a public hearing on Tuesday, September 25, Charlotte County Commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance to adopt a small-scale plan amendment to the development of the Fishery property, located at 13000 Fishery Rd. The “Village & Marina at Boca Grande” project, spearheaded by real estate developer Jay Feinberg, went before commissioners […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The installation of the new sunshade at the Boca Grande Community Center is progressing well as planned. The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center organization invites everyone to a ribbon cutting celebration, with special guest and generous donor Lynda Jamison, who will give a vocal performance on the outdoor stage in honor […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY DR. LAUREN M. HANA MD BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC The Florida Department of Health has issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory for residents and visitors. The first U.S. cases were reported in New York City in 1999, and the first reported case in Florida was in 2001. All 48 contiguous states have now […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN There’s a new program at the library especially tailored for kids eight and older. ”Makerspace” is a collaborative space where kids gather to get creative with Do-It-Yourself projects, invent new ones and share ideas. “It gives children a place to create and build on their own time,” said Johann Fust Community […]
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■ The median on Gilchrist Avenue from 5th Street to 1st Street has been completely replanted now and is looking very fine compared to what it was earlier in the summer. The photo above was from last July, while the photo above right is how it looks this week. You will see the Lee County […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 12, and there was plenty of debate about a request to demolish an existing single-family residence and to construct a new one at 235 Banyan Street. The current property is a two-story residence that was built in the […]
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■ STAFF REPORT A bloom of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists in Southwest Florida and extends from northern Pinellas to Lee counties along 125 miles of coastline. Aerial surveys conducted on Sept. 6 and Sept. 11 as well as recent water sampling indicate that the bloom of K. brevis still extends offshore […]