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Parking Passes now being distributed

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Breaking News, Featured News, News, Uncategorized.

Lee County has provided the following release on the distribution of parking passes, which begins today. The new Boca Grande Parking Ordinance No. 25-16 establishes designated parking zones, defines permit types, sets time limits and outlines enforcement procedures. Residential and business districts throughout Boca Grande are now divided into zones and vehicles must display valid […]

Englewood’s Pioneer Plaza to host first Art Festival of the season

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Above, art by Martin Figlinski. Photos submitted The Englewood Invitational Fall Art Festival is slated for Thanksgiving weekend, Saturday and Sunday, November 29-30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. While previously held at Englewood Elks Lodge, the art show has moved to Pioneer Plaza park, 325 W. Dearborn St. Fifty award-winning, high-quality artists and craftspeople […]

Hermitage Artist Retreat announces a series of grants and awards

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The Hermitage Artist Retreat of Manasota Key announced this week that the Hermitage has been awarded a series of grants totaling more than $300,000 to support a variety of programs and initiatives, including residencies for Hermitage Fellows, arts-education support and program accessibility. Grants were awarded by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Amphion Foundation, Bishop […]

Book Talks

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The Boca Grande Historical Society will feature several books as part of its Let’s Talk About Florida series. They include: Totch: A Life in the Everglades,” By Loren G. Brown, Dec. 9 Totch Brown’s memoirs of vanished days in the Ten Thousand Islands and the Everglades – the last real frontier in Florida, and even […]

‘Swamp Peddlers’ author takes on Arcadia

Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Community History, Entertainment, News.

In “A Town Without Pity,” historian Jason Vuic returns to two devastating events that rocked the rural Florida town of Arcadia in the late 20th century: the 1967 wrongful conviction of James Richardson, and the 1987 exile of the Ray family, whose three young sons contracted HIV from tainted blood treatment. Each story, tragic on […]

Business & Real Estate: Allegiant New Orleans and Toledo flights

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Allegiant this week begins service from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) to Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL) in Ohio. To celebrate, the company is offering one-way fares on the new route as low as $47. The company also last week began service from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International […]

Snowman and tree on South McCall

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The Mavis Tires and Brakes shop on McCall in Englewood got its holiday spirit early with a green Christmas tree and a white Santa, all made from used tires. The electric-tape relief snowflake was particularly effective, as was the staff’s (almost) Matryoshka-like stacking of differently sized tires. Props, too, for actual corn-cob pipe and scarf. […]

The GICIA celebrates completion of Bike Path landscaping project

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Breaking News, News, Sports & Outdoors.

BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) has completed the restoration of the Bike Path from 1st Street to the north end of the island.  It took approximately four months and cost nearly $1.1M to replace the massive amount of vegetation lost due to the Helene […]