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Shelley White passed peacefully in the comfort of her home on December 12, 2016. She was born June 6th, 1931, daughter of John and Katherine (Shelton) Bindloss of Stonington, CT. Shelley grew up in Stonington and attended Mrs. Taylor’s One Room School, Stoneleigh Burnham School, Colby Sawyer College, and The Museum of Fine […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The coordinators of the 2017 Taste of Boca Grande have announced the 18 restaurants that will be participating in the event, and that tickets will be even easier than ever to get this time.
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■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA As we enter the holiday season, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is pleased to see new trees being planted along the Gilchrist median. When Lee County announced their plans to replant coconut palms along the Gilchrist median where they had historically once stood, GICIA emphatically encouraged the idea. In fact, […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historical Preservation Board met Wednesday, Nov. 9 to discuss four agenda items. The first request was to rehabilitate 271 Gilchrist Avenue. The applicant proposes to improve the eastern porch of the existing single-family residence by replacing the shed roof with a gable roof and the existing […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident Diane Todd and her sisters, Trisha and Judy, wish to thank the community for their support of Diane’s 3-year-old granddaughter, Zoe Guy, A few months ago, when Zoe experienced a common cold that just wouldn’t go away, her mother, Amber Todd Guy, took her to get her white […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Pearce Presnell has been coming to Boca Grande since he was a young boy. His father, an avid boater and fisherman, started bringing him to the island 25 years ago. “We used to vacation here, and then my dad bought a place here in the 1990s. My brothers and […]
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Alice Beatrice (Beasie) Churchman du Pont, 100, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2016 at her home in Fairfield, Connecticut. She was born in September 22, 1916 in Morristown, N.J. and was the daughter of the late William Bridgeman Churchman, Jr. and Alice Beatrice Geyelin Churchman. She attended the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Chestnut […]
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■ STAFF REPORT All are invited to celebrate the annual lighting of the Lighthouse with Christmas lights, live entertainment, appetizer and more. The date of the event is Saturday, Dec. 10. Gates open at 5:45 p.m., and the lights will go on at 6:15 p.m. Port Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum, 880 Belcher Rd.
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The weekly island Farmers Market is coming back. Boca Grande Farm and Fish Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays starting on January 6, 2017. The market will still be located at the ball field on Wheeler Road. More than 33 vendors are expected […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Duane Zobrist, owner of Gasparilla Adventures, a resort outfitters company, recently purchased the property located at 333 Park Avenue on the island. Zobrist will be running a business that will rent bikes, golf carts, kayaks and paddleboards. “We’ll be offering guided water tours, or people can just rent kayaks and paddleboards […]