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BY SUE ERWIN – Fans of Beethoven and Mozart will not want to miss a performance by the Tesla Quartet on Sunday, January 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Boca Grande Community Center. The quartet will feature their unique Provocateurs program, highlighting works from Joseph Haydn and Sergei Prokofiev. The foursome will do a second […]
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The 2018 Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic, sponsored by the Boca Beacon, will begin on Saturday, January 27. The event is open to all area residents and members and guests of the three island clubs. All ages and all skill levels are welcome to participate in the two-week event. There is a big change this year […]
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Just a reminder that GIWA’s Annual Membership Meeting is to be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at the Boca Grande Community Center. 2017 has been another very busy year for your Board and Staff, with work progressing on current and future improvements to both your water and wastewater treatment facilities. On top of […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Cheryl Miller has been collecting shells in Boca Grande for many years. She and her husband Bruce were reacquainted with the Island in 2002. They lived in Naples then but soon found themselves spending every possible spare moment on the island. Cheryl collected over 10,000 shells in a ten-year period. She […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE While many have been waiting with bated breath to hear about the outcome of a proposed condominium/restaurant/shopping complex on the old Fishery property, they will have to wait a bit longer for the outcome. Late afternoon on Thursday, Jan. 4 the Charlotte County Planning and Zoning Board sent out a notice […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Inspire. Educate. Preserve. Those are key efforts that the Barrier Island Parks Society board members strongly hope to achieve in 2018. BIPS held its monthly board meeting on Wednesday morning at the Amory Memorial Chapel at Gasparilla Island State Park. The focus of the meeting was implementation of the 2017-2020 strategic […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Michael Grunwald, award-winning author of “The Swamp,” will present a lecture on the history of the efforts to tame the Everglades and more recently the attempts to restore it, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16 in the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium. “The Swamp” is a New York Times bestseller, a […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Sometimes life can throw a wild curve ball, disrupting daily routines and putting obstacles in the way of those trying to move forward. Boca Grande residents Edie Gardner and Tim Dumas will be the keynote speakers at a free event at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the Boca Grande […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN When U.S. Sugar CEO Robert Buker took the stage at the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium on Wednesday evening to discuss Florida’s sugar industry, audience questions following the presentation sparked both support and irritation. Buker provided an inside look at the sugar and citrus industries, focusing on Florida’s oldest and largest […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE CAMERA CLUB On Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. in the Houghton Room of the Boca Grande Community Center, commercial photographer and graphic designer Perry Johnson will speak to the Boca Grande Camera Club on “Editing and Modification Tools for the Digital Photographer.” Johnson is the founder, owner and […]