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■ BY SUE ERWINStar Ford Whitney and Mills Ford, brother and sister who first came to Boca Grande in 1960 for spring vacation with their mother, Eleanor Ames, and her husband John S. Ames Jr., were the featured guest speakers at an event held on Wednesday, March 6. The presentation was part of the Boca […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The description of the 2019 Boca Grande Child Care Center gala, held on Monday, March 4 was “record-breaking,” and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The announcement was made that the Center would soon officially be known as the “Boca Grande Preschool” and would be accredited as such. According […]
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The home at 341 Gilchrist Avenue is one of those places everyone pictures when they think of old school Boca Grande charm. With a history as long as your arm, room after room of eclectic, grand-scale cottage ambiance and that subtle, clean, comforting smell of well-preserved old book pages, the home originally built in 1938 […]
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To the Editor: We are so humbled by the amazing support we received for The 17th annual “Taste of Boca Grande.” There are many to thank, and we hope you all know how appreciative we are! We begin with a “thank you” to the Boca Bay Pass Club with the most beautiful and gracious setting […]
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■ STAFF REPORT On Thursday, March 14, the Boca Grande Historical Society will present its third lecture of the season. Dr. Ryan Duggins, an underwater archaeologist with the State of Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, will discuss the discovery and work on a 7,000-year-old Native American ancestral burial site in the Gulf of Mexico near […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Spencer Paterson, son of Boca Grande Realtor Becky Paterson, has started a live music café and digital video production company called Sugarshack. Spencer is an aerial/video photographer who was born in Sarasota and grew up in Boca Grande. He currently lives in Bonita Springs. Sugarshack Sessions was a YouTube series started […]
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The Boca Grande 5K Fun Run & Walk was held on Sunday, Feb. 24 with almost 300 runners in attendance. For complete race results, go to runsignup.com. Photos by Dusty and Len
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■ STAFF REPORT Haiti is no stranger to crisis. The Caribbean nation yet again is in the midst of a conflict affecting the entire country. Food For The Poor, and donors such as Boca Grande Hope for Haitians, understand that their work is not in vain, as families in the midst of the problems are […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Woman’s Club is pleased to announce that the Boca Grande Historical Society will serve as honorary Grande Marshall of the 2019 Bike Path Parade. The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, and will follow the Bike Path from 5th Street to the Community Center grounds, […]
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To the Editor: Get the children outdoors to learn about the natural world around them! Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, Inc. (CHEC) will be conducting Spring Break Camp 2019 at Cedar Point Park for children ages 8 to 12 beginning Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22 from 9 am to 3 pm. Our theme this […]