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BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL SATURDAY, OCT. 28 12:30 TO 3 p.m. COSTUME CONTEST STARTS AT 1 P.M. SHARP! MILLER’S DOCKSIDE HALLOWEEN BASH SUNDAY, OCT. 29 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT LIVE MUSIC BY THE BOCA BANDE COSTUME CONTEST 21 AND OVER ONLY BOCA GRANDE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MERCHANT HALLOWEEN WALK TUESDAY, OCT. 31 […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE From Bocaween to the Halloween Carnival, our island has always held the Halloween holiday in high esteem. We may not have residential trick-or-treating, but we do have our own variety of haunting festivities to make the spookiest of nights complete. Many years ago Halloween was – shall we say – an […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Royal Palm Players will start their 2017-18 season this November with a look at male/female relationships and a new president named Hal McCombs … and Hal is hoping you will join in the fun. McCombs is a retired Washington D.C. attorney (one of “those” lawyers, as he put it), and […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historical Society bus trip to Manatee Historical Village and Cortez Maritime Museum is filling up quickly, so if you’re interesting in going, get your tickets now. BGHS member Jim Blaha said there were just nine spots open as of Wednesday afternoon. “The trip to the museum and fishing […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Placida resident and Englewood Rotary Club member Kenn Visser partnered with the Salvation Army recently to send 1,400 water purification kits to people in Puerto Rico after the recent hurricanes. Visser is the vice president of sales at Water One, Inc. He’s lived in the Placida area for more than 25 years, […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Join the Royal Palm Players at the Boca Grande Community Center on Friday, Nov. 3 at 9:30 a.m. as the third year of “Grande Glee” begins. This year’s theme is going to be fun. FUN! It’s the keyword in the attitude of the songs will be working on. What does that mean? […]
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Jon Haas passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 14 at AngelsGrace Hospice in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Jon is survived by his wife and sweetie of 43 years, Mary, along with his children Annie, Joe, and Jackie; grandson Banyan, and Pappy to Maddy and Jack; brother, Dave, and honorary daughter (niece) Laura. Jon was an entrepreneur and […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Brandon Bunton is the new head chef at 3rd Street Bistro & Bar, but he certainly is not a new face in town. He’s been working on the island since he was in high school. For the past six years he worked in the kitchen at the Boca Grande Club. He worked as […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The fate of an old Florida fishing property just off island was discussed at a public meeting held by the developer on Wednesday, Oct. 18, with hundreds in attendance holding varying opinions. The property in question is the few acres where The Fishery Restaurant, Albritton’s Gallery, Placida Cove Gifts and the […]
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■ BY TIM SEIBERT The following was written in 2005 by island resident Edward “Tim” J. Seibert. It’s an interesting piece, and with his upcoming honors at the SarasotaMOD event we thought it was also timely to run it now. Seibert’s lifetime achievement in architecture will be the focus of Sarasota MOD Weekend November 10-12, […]