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Addiction and recovery – The inside story with Kim Hume

■ BY SUE ERWIN.     On any given Monday or Tuesday in Boca Grande, you probably won’t see Kim and Brit Hume at a cocktail party. That’s because while you may be having a cocktail or watching the news on television, Brit Hume is appearing on TV, on Fox News, live from Boca Grande. Kim […]

Royal Palm Players takes on ‘Guys and Dolls’

■ SUBMITTED BY BOOTS TOLSDORF Once again, RPP is going to captivate you ticket holders March 8 – 12 with a romping, romantic, riotous reprise.      The musical, based on two short stories and characters and plot elements of other stories by Damon Runyon, premiered in New York in 1950 with music and lyrics […]

Profile: Carol Napoli

■ BY SUE ERWIN.     Retired licensed professional counselor Carol Napoli has been coming to Boca Grande seasonally for the past 20 years. Carol spent 18 years of her career in the Washington, DC area sharing her expertise on suicide and the effects it has on family and friends. It is her wish to […]

Native Now Foundation offers cruise, indigenous education

To the Editor: This year the Native Now Foundation will be offering the public an opportunity to experience a cultural exchange with American Indians and a visit to a Mayan community in Costa Maya as part of a six-day cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s newly enhanced maritime engineering marvel, Freedom of the Seas. The Native Now […]

Step it up and join the 5K fun

■ STAFF REPORT     The Boca Grande 5K run will be held this Sunday, Feb. 26. Staff at the Boca Grande Community Center would like to ask all islanders to please share the road with the runners and walkers on Sunday morning, February 26. The run starts at 7:30 a.m. in front of the […]

The old railroad trestle guardhouse: Who will preserve an island treasure?

■ BY SUE ERWIN     Capt. Marian Schneider, an ecotourism pioneer who owned Grande Tours Kayak and Paddleboard Center in Placida for more than two decades, is searching for an organization to take ownership of and preserve the old railroad trestle guardhouse. The bridge tender’s house was originally built in 1910 by the railroad and […]

Florida Wildlife Corridor team to speak about ‘The Forgotten Coast’

BY SUE ERWIN      Lindsay Cross, executive director of the Florida Wildlife Corridor, will be speaking at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium. Cross will be presenting a program about Florida’s natural resources with Mallory Lykes Dimmitt, president of the Florida Wildlife Corridor. The program will open with a […]

Strawberry Festival happening tomorrow

■ STAFF REPORT     Nearly 70 businesses, individuals, families and local clubs have stepped up to provide items for the Strawberry Festival’s live and silent auctions on Saturday, March 4. “It’s an embarrassment of generosity … and all to benefit women and children in need,” says Palmer Long, one of the auction organizers. “Our […]