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British author George Goodwin will be speaking about the exciting life of Benjamin Franklin on Monday, March 27 at 4:30 p.m. at the Boca Grande Community Center. The audience will receive copies of Goodwin’s latest hardcover book Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America’s Founding Founder courtesy of the Friends of Boca Grande […]
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If you haven’t gotten your dog registered for the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Dog Show on April 1, you only have until March 22 to do so. Applications are available at Fugate’s, Hudson’s Grocery and Kappy’s Deli. There’s another contest, though, that you can help your favorite dog win another prize, and that contest runs […]
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One of the drivers involved in an injury accident that occurred on Gasparilla Road last month has been charged with numerous DUI counts. The two-vehicle accident sent three to the hospital on Sunday, Feb. 12. Carter Scott Burton, 29, of Rotonda was cited with driving while under the influence, driving under the influence resulting in […]
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BY REGINA ROCKEFELLER – On Friday, March 2, 2017, a team of able bodied volunteers from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Boca Grande and St. James Church in Port Charlotte painted the entire interior of a new single family home in Port Charlotte built by Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte County as part of the Apostles […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – Keep your St. Patrick’s Day mood going all throughout the weekend and come listen to the West of Galway perform Irish music on Sunday, March 19 at 5 p.m. Bring your golf carts, chairs and blankets, head on down to the Boca Grande Community Center and enjoy some good, live Irish entertainment […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Bike Path Parade and Spring Fair are only one week away – Saturday, March 25. “The Magic of Movies” is this year’s theme, and Boca Grande will be transformed into a mini-Hollywood. If you haven’t already registered your golf cart, bicycle, wagon, or scooter for the parade, look for flyers […]
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Spring break has sprung as far as Boca Grande firefighters are concerned, as this past week’s roster of events included several boat-in-distress calls and one brush fire in Boca Bay. On Saturday, March 11 at approximately 5:30 p.m. the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a call from a vessel sinking in Boca Grande Pass. […]
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The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to their March mixer, which will be held on Thursday, March 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Paradise Cove Properties office, 471 Park Avenue. Stop by and mix and mingle with Boca Grande’s finest!
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■ STAFF REPORT Enjoy a guided boat cruise & nature walk at beautiful Cayo Costa State Park on March 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The naturalist led 1-1/2 hour boat ride (each way) will travel down the Intracoastal Waterway of Lemon Bay into Charlotte Harbor across Boca Grande Pass to Cayo Costa State […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Delaware native Sharon Payne never heard of Boca Grande before 2011, and if it wasn’t for her husband, John, acting on an impulse she might have never found it. Sharon is currently a real estate leasing agent at Michael Saunders on the island. She met John in Texas at a church […]