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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Work has begun on the expansion project at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, and the home next door has been razed and the lot cleaned. Owen-Ames-Kimball Company, a general contractor with a longstanding presence in Southwest Florida, is doing the work. The new Parish Life Center will be built on […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The 2021 Howl at the Moon Invitational Tarpon Tournament that was originally scheduled for May 22 was held this past Saturday, on June 19 in Boca Grande Pass. Capt. Charlie Coleman and his team aboard Casuarina took first place after releasing their one and only tarpon in the tournament … but […]
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STAFF REPORT – While there aren’t any scheduled fireworks displays on Gasparilla Island this year, we will have our annual downtown golf cart parade on Sunday, July 4. Decorate your golf cart, bike, scooter, unicycle, etc. for the holiday and join in the lineup. The parade starts at 9 a.m. in the parking lot of […]
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BY TONYA BRAMLAGE – Looking for adventure? Waymarking is an interactive, creative, and fun way to adventure and explore new places. A waymark is a physical location anywhere on the planet marked by coordinates (latitude/longitude). A waymarking category is a collection of similarly themed waymarks. Waymarking helps participants catalog, mark and visit interesting locations all […]
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Joe (Joseph) Anderson, husband of Yvonne Anderson, CEO of the Boca Grande Club, died on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Joe died very peacefully at the Hospice house with Yvonne and his daughter, Stella, by his side. Joe, who up until the beginning of May was enjoying a happy and active life, was diagnosed with liver […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Recently a Boca Grande hammerhead made the news in our area for creating a scene on a local beach. Yes, we said “on” the beach, not “near” the beach. That’s because this particular shark, looking to be about 10 feet long, came so close to the beach he was laying on […]
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According to Capt. Waylon Mills, president of the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association, Capt. Chad Bombenger will receive the 2021 Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle. Bombenger had seven releases this season during the qualifying tournaments. Details for the presentation and party have not been announced yet, but congratulations to Capt. Chad!
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BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – Sunday, June 20, marked the official start to summer for all of us that live north of the equator. The June solstice is when Earth arrives at the point in its orbit where the North Pole is at its maximum tilt (about 23.5 degrees) toward the Sun, resulting […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – If you’re one of the lucky ones, you meet the love of your life and you just know that they’re the “one.” Ray Corcoran is one of the lucky ones. He met his wife at the young age of 15 and never looked back. “She lived in Westwood and I […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The skies were gray and the bite was sporadic in the 2021 Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament, held on the afternoon of Saturday, June 5, but the Riley Irrigation Team with Capt. Jeff Riley aboard Cracker managed to have an experience they will remember for a lifetime. They got the […]