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■ STAFF REPORT This year the 24th annual Gasparilla Island Flyfishing Tournament, (G.I.F.T) will benefit the Boca Grande Pass Web Cam and Sunset Web Cam project. As always, the G.I.F.T tournament will be held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, November 21, and everyone is invited to participate. If you don’t happen to fly fish, you […]
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■ Halloween was celebrated mightily on the island in 2017, as it is every year. On Saturday, Oct. 28 the annual Halloween Carnival and Costume Contest was held, and on Halloween night, trick-or-treaters hit the streets of the historical district at the Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce Halloween Walk. Shown above are five generations of […]
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■ STAFF REPORT As of last week, all Boca Grande streets have been cleared of lawn debris that was put out to the curb. This was the last pickup for Hurricane Irma landscaping waste. If you have any more brush to be disposed of, you will have to contact Waste Management or an independent contractor to […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN There will be a variety of upcoming events for Boca Grande residents and visitors to attend this season, and Johann Fust Library Foundation Interim Executive Director Bobbie Marquis is pleased to announce that the new library newsletter will be available soon. Marquis has been the interim executive director since Jon Bednerik […]
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■ STAFF REPORT A two-day symposium on World War I is planned to take place from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on November 9 and 10 at the Boca Grande Community Center. The event will feature two keynote speakers. Margaret MacMillan will present “The War That Ended Peace,” and Jay Winter will present “What Americans […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Tony Zaranti is passionate about high-quality food and wine service, and that makes him an ideal leader as the new general manager of the Boca Bay Pass Club. Tony was born in Chicago, Illinois, and his parents retired and moved to Las Vegas when he was 10 years old. After he graduated from […]
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To the Editor: Susan Hanafee has done our island a great favor by researching and describing for us the tortured history of the Gasparilla Island Act. I hope our residents have taken the time to read her articles, because too many of us will tell you that our island is protected by the Act so […]
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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 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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■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On Wednesday, Nov. 1 at the season-opening meeting of the Boca Grande Garden Club’s 20th year, Dennis Whigham, an extraordinary orchid ecologist with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, will speak to us about his efforts to preserve and propagate the rarest terrestrial orchid in eastern North America, […]