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■ BY SUE ERWIN Englewood native Bradley Fuson has held several positions at the Loose Caboose Restaurant for the past four years. He grew up in Englewood and attended Vineland Elementary School, L.A. Ainger Middle School and Lemon Bay High School. At the age of 7, Bradley began practicing mixed martial arts and specialized in Brazilian […]
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To the Editor: In your article you mention: “After all, if people can’t find a place to sit down, they will park as close as possible to the business. This compounds the problem.” The same happens in Berlin, on a larger scale. No benches, no outside sitting, and one of the large outside shopping streets […]
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■ BY BLANCHE VEDETTE Many people who have lived on island or visited long enough will remember Ernest the Unicycling Bear who used to peddle furiously across the dining room at The Loose Caboose. Several years ago I found a bear very similar to Ernest, but I couldn’t find the motor for him. We hung […]
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■ STAFF REPORT On Sunday, Oct. 13 at approximately 11:30 a.m., the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) received a report from the United States Coast Guard of a vessel taking on water in Charlotte Harbor near Devilfish Key, east of Boca Grande. FWC, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office and Fire […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE You may have noticed in the last few months that there are some new sea oats growing around some of the beaches and seawalls where the recent beach renourishment project took place. We tracked down the sowers of these oats, and found out that Lee County was the entity responsible. Timothy […]
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Richard Sebastian Cuda of Boca Grande and East Orleans, Mass. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Thursday, October 10, 2019, two months shy of his 87th birthday. Known to friends as Dick and to family as Pops, he was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, talented entrepreneur and philanthropist, and enthusiastic fisherman, […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Rev. Sarah Whitten-Grigsby believes that even when a dog gets terminally ill, it doesn’t have to die alone and scared on a cold metal table. That’s why she started One More Day Foundation, Inc. in 2016. The 501c3 non-profit organization helps provide homeless dogs with foster hospice in private, peaceful, loving, forever […]
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The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) today advised residents there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas of Lee County. Several sentinel chicken flocks have tested positive for West Nile virus infection. No human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Lee County at this time. However, […]
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To the Editor: Lemon Bay High School Theatre Troupe 0257 commences its first season under the guidance of its new Director Sarah Ballard-Richardson with the performance of the classic holiday season favorite. Attendees are in for a fresh and exciting production that will not disappoint those who long for the ripe nostalgia of a tale […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patroller Donna Larson reported that her last sea turtle nest hatched this past week – a green sea turtle nest. Greens had a record-breaking year on the island and in southwest Florida this year, with 22 nests hatching over the past few months. The number of turtle […]