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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The controversy surrounding the Promenade – a walkway that runs along the land by the seawall from 1st Street to 4th Street – hasn’t always been so convoluted. While county officials are now backtracking and saying private deed restrictions aren’t within their scope of responsibility, answers in the past have been […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Hope For Haitians Committee along with their partners, Food For The Poor, are preparing for the 11th annual Boca Grande Hope For Haitians cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception. The Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Committee committed to fund, over a three-year period, 150 homes in the remote area of Savann Kabrit, […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA If you have noticed some activity at the Mercabo Preserve site, that’s because the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is in the preliminary phase of transforming the basin area of the Mercabo Preserve into a marine sanctuary. Last week several loads of reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) were delivered […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Highlands and Cashier’s N.C. have always been sister towns to Boca Grande, as many of our residents have homes there or visit frequently. Becca Burch, a generational island girl whose mother owns Ariel, Ltd. and Palm on Park – a Lilly Pulitzer Signature Store, grew up going to Highlands and loves […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Royal Palm Players has gained another new talented member who has been busy planning and rehearsing for productions starting this fall. Kate Ingram, wife of well-known RPP director Tad Ingram, formally joined the organization when the couple made the decision to move to the area over the summer. Tad has been directing musicals […]
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To the Editor: It may be time to take a hard look at our community’s relationship with Lee County’s government. After years of knowing the need for a new dog park when The Inn property would no longer be avilable, the County finally held a public meeting to update the residents on the progress, or […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE It was a very large crowd of islanders who took their seats a few minutes after 2 p.m on Tuesday, Nov. 5 in the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium. As Lee County Director of Parks & Recreation Jesse Lavender called the public hearing regarding the proposed dog park on Wheeler Road to […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN For the past two years, Kathy and Dave Irwin have been organizing and hosting events for disabled veterans through Operation Second Chance. Kathy and Dave live in Silver King condominiums on the island. They learned about the nonprofit organization when they attended a fundraiser a few years ago, and they were so […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Evelyn Carter McKinney took her first breath of air in the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse. She was born in 1934 in a bedroom of the circa 1890 Lighthouse that doubles as a museum of regional history. Her father, Light Keeper Osmund McKinney, served as the keeper of the establishment from 1931 to […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN After 27 years of working in the fashion industry on 7th Avenue in New York City, Boo Thayer Gemes perceived a void in the market for stylish and affordable separates, so she created a collection of clothing that appeals to women of all ages. “I design clothes for real people, clothes that […]