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■ BY SUE ERWIN Grab your snorkel and mask and scan the sea floor for scallops on Saturday, August 10, along with a group of volunteers as they search the seagrass in Lemon Bay. The annual one-day survey for scallops and clams takes place every year in August. The event has been taking place for […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol members have had to battle some stormy mornings over the past week during their daily patrol duties, but they were happy to report three nests hatched. There were no new nests reported this week. Note: It is illegal to remove a sea turtle, so if […]
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Mary Margaret Brooks Winning, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and community leader died Sunday, July 7, 2019 after a brief illness. Mary Margaret Brooks was born Dec. 11, 1924 to John and Joyce Weaver Brooks in St. Petersburg. The couple had moved to St. Petersburg earlier that year from Detroit at the request of […]
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To the Editor: The phrase, “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs,” was originally intended to describe a heavy downpour of rain. Right now, however, in addition to the rainy season, Suncoast Humane Society is experiencing a heavy downpour of cat and dog admissions. Suncoast Humane Society currently has nearly 150 canines and felines waiting for new […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Mary Mazyck spent almost four years in Ecuador serving with the Peace Corps before returning to her hometown of Tallahassee, where she spent a year riding horses for a living. “I wanted to experience a new adventure while doing something good in the world,” Mary said. While in Ecuador, she mostly taught […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE After a few emails and phone calls from this office to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a new message has been sent out to the public. Whether it will be broadcast worldwide like the first story was, we will soon find out. On Thursday, July 25 the FWC sent […]
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■ BY SANDY JACOBS Rosemary Fannie Bowler, 89, until recently a resident of Boca Grande, passed away on July 26, 2019 after a brief illness. She is survived by her sister Eleanor Bowler Craveiro, brother-in-law Donald Craveiro, several nieces and nephews and many, many friends whom she considered family. She was predeceased by her sister […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will be having the road paved from Placida Road to the toll booth beginning some time around August 12. Be prepared for one-lane traffic and some delays at that time.
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■ BY SUE ERWIN A Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol member found a wandering newly hatched loggerhead turtle getting ready to cross the road near the Range Light last Friday morning, so she scooped it up, placed it in a bucket and transported it to the shoreline. There wasn’t a hatch in the immediate […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Carolyn Madden has been coming to Boca Grande for 25 years. She’s always appreciated the unique shops and restaurants on the island, and she’s wanted to start her own business for years. Well, she finally found the opportunity in May. “I used to love the bookstore that was here many years ago, and I […]