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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Royal Palm Players will start their 2017-18 season this November with a look at male/female relationships and a new president named Hal McCombs … and Hal is hoping you will join in the fun. McCombs is a retired Washington D.C. attorney (one of “those” lawyers, as he put it), and […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On Wednesday, Nov. 1 at the season-opening meeting of the Boca Grande Garden Club’s 20th year, Dennis Whigham, an extraordinary orchid ecologist with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, will speak to us about his efforts to preserve and propagate the rarest terrestrial orchid in eastern North America, […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Placida resident and Englewood Rotary Club member Kenn Visser partnered with the Salvation Army recently to send 1,400 water purification kits to people in Puerto Rico after the recent hurricanes. Visser is the vice president of sales at Water One, Inc. He’s lived in the Placida area for more than 25 years, […]
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Jon Haas passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 14 at AngelsGrace Hospice in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Jon is survived by his wife and sweetie of 43 years, Mary, along with his children Annie, Joe, and Jackie; grandson Banyan, and Pappy to Maddy and Jack; brother, Dave, and honorary daughter (niece) Laura. Jon was an entrepreneur and […]
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A celebration of the life of Lucy Stanton will take place in the Memorial Garden at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Boca Grande, on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. Lucy, wife of the late James Stanton, passed away on May 2 of this year. She was a very colorful player in Boca Grande life for […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Brandon Bunton is the new head chef at 3rd Street Bistro & Bar, but he certainly is not a new face in town. He’s been working on the island since he was in high school. For the past six years he worked in the kitchen at the Boca Grande Club. He worked as […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The fate of an old Florida fishing property just off island was discussed at a public meeting held by the developer on Wednesday, Oct. 18, with hundreds in attendance holding varying opinions. The property in question is the few acres where The Fishery Restaurant, Albritton’s Gallery, Placida Cove Gifts and the […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The big day approacheth … the Boca Grande Community Center Costume Contest and Halloween Carnival is slated for Saturday, Oct. 28, beginning at 1 p.m. sharp. This year’s cake walk is in need of cakes, and all cakes must be dropped off by Saturday, Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. […]
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■ BY TIM SEIBERT The following was written in 2005 by island resident Edward “Tim” J. Seibert. It’s an interesting piece, and with his upcoming honors at the SarasotaMOD event we thought it was also timely to run it now. Seibert’s lifetime achievement in architecture will be the focus of Sarasota MOD Weekend November 10-12, […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center is partnering up with Sky Family YMCA to offer exercise sessions for residents beginning on Tuesdays and Thursdays, October 24 through January 25. The cost to attend is $65 per month. “Moving for Better Balance,” a one hour class led by YMCA trained […]