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Boca Grande Food for the Poor event to feature many fine auction items
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News.
There’s a story behind every work of art and one of the art pieces by well-known Haitian painter Fritz Rock, up for auction at this year’s Boca Grande event, tells the tale of generosity and hope. Rock was a visual artist who was born in Port-au-Prince in 1944. He started to paint under the influence […]
Rep. Rodrigues speaks to Boca Grande residents
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Florida House Representative Ray Rodrigues spoke to Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association board members as well as a group of residents on Tuesday, January 17 in the Crowninshield Community House. Some of the topics he addressed included environmental protection laws, amendments on special assessments and the reservoir issue […]
Keynote speaker to discuss Boca Grande railroad history
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historical Society will feature guest speaker Theodore Cover at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium. Cover is a retired mechanical engineer, a member of the Suncoast Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and a member of RealRail, the Sarasota […]
Merry Christmas to the Lighthouse and to Boca Grande
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Editorial, Featured News, Letters to the Editor, News.
To the Editor: Those of us who have been working to restore the Gasparilla Lighthouse wanted to thank the island for making the restoration possible. There is a tradition in the construction of old barns to mount a small pine tree to the top of the framed-in structure to celebrate the progress to […]
Gulfshore Tenors to perform at Boca Grande Community Center
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Gulfshore Tenors along with accompanist Laura Friesen will be performing at the Boca Grande Community Center at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Experience an evening of operatic delight. The collaboration of these three very talented and highly acclaimed young tenors creates a singing sensation unique to Southwest Florida. […]
Weight restrictions to increase to 80,000 pounds on Boca Grande Causeway
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE For the first time in decades, the Boca Grande Causeway is allowing vehicles exceeding 40,000 pounds to cross the swing bridge, after having approved the increase at their quarterly meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The process in getting there, however, was somewhat rocky. Public comment was taken nearer the […]
Boca Grande Cubs fan finally sees team win title
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News.
■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident Lucy Stanton remembers sitting with her father at Wrigley field on October 1, 1932. ” It was the third game of the World Series, and Babe Ruth was coming up to bat. He pointed toward center field, stepped into the batter’s box and slammed the ball […]
All you need to know about our Boca Grande Halloween festivities
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Today is the last day to bring candy to the Boca Grande Community Center for the annual Halloween Carnival, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. Please bring one bag of individually-wrapped soft candy for each child you will be bringing.
Celebrating Boca Grande’s bridges in November
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What would Boca Grande be like today with no bridge to the mainland? What was island life like before the first bridge opened in 1958? Who promoted the building of the bridge, who opposed it and why? Did the bridge bring the changes people anticipated? Were there unintended consequences? How has the bridge shaped the […]