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■ We got a little taste of what it’s like on Fort Myers Beach or Fort Lauderdale Friday, as approximately 600 high school and middle school kids got together on the beaches between 14th and 17th Street for quite the hootenanny. Apparently a flash message was sent out on social media alerting the kids as […]
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It was a crazy day at Boca Grande Marina on Wednesday, April 4 as deputies were called there at 2 p.m. to stop a boat theft in progress. In the end, they found a stolen car as well. According to Lee County Sheriff’s Office reports island deputies were called to the marina, located on Harbor […]
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■BY SUE ERWIN The Live Poets’ Society of Boca Grande will present the fourth “Poetry in the Garden” event on Friday, April 13 at 4 p.m. at the Johann Fust Community Library. The biennial events have been happening since 2012. The gathering is being organized by Alice Gorman and Lyndsay Major. Eleven artists will present […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The annual meeting for members of the Boca Grande Historical Society, Inc. has been called for Thursday, April 19. It will convene at 4:30 p.m. in the Woman’s Club Room at the Boca Grande Community Center. Agenda: Call to order Minutes of the last annual meeting Financial report President’s report Membership report […]
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■BY SUE ERWIN Boots Tolsdorf gave a presentation on James Browning Wyeth’s art at the Boca Grande Community Center on Tuesday, April 3. “I’m here to share the feelings and emotions Jamie had for his work,” she said. Wyeth was born in 1946 and grew up on his family’s farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Known […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN You may have recently seen her on stage playing a lead part in the Royal Palm Players production of “Don’t Drink the Water,” but if you didn’t catch it, you’re sure to see Lynda Grant regularly around town at some function or event. Lynda and her husband, Jim, played the lead […]
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To the Editor: Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. will be temporarily changing the disinfection process for its Placida and Boca Grande potable (drinking water) water supply. From April 9 at 8 a.m. through May 21, GIWA will disinfect the water with free chlorine rather than combined chlorine/ammonia (chloramines). This conversion to chlorine (which is a […]
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To the Editor: On behalf of the Hope for Haitians Committee, we want to thank all the donors in Boca Grande. So far your donations have built 46 houses for Haitian families living in deplorable conditions – broken-down mud huts and dirt floors. This year’s goal is 50 houses. Can you help us build four […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Big White Rabbit is on the move, as Easter is this Sunday, April 1. At the Boca Grande Community Center, Jungle Joe Wier and Dashing Dave Bartels are getting everything ready for one of the biggest egg hunts around, to be held on Saturday, March 31 at 10 a.m. Bring your […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Photographer Mac Stone will be returning to Boca Grande to discuss a number of field projects he’s been working on this past year. He will be speaking at the Boca Grande Community Center at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4 and will present “Dispatches from the Field: Stories from a Conservation […]