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■ STAFF REPORT Community and tourism champion Mark O. Asperilla, MD has been selected as the 2018 Charlotte County Tourism Hall of Fame inductee and will be inducted during the annual tourism luncheon on Tuesday, May 10 at 11 a.m. at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center. The Hall of Fame was established in […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you enjoy playing casino games, there’s a fundraising event happening on April 28 on Don Pedro Island that you won’t want to miss. The Bocilla Islands Conservancy is planning a casino night “Betting on Paradise” event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. Proceeds will benefit conservation […]
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To the Editor: Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. will be temporarily changing the disinfection process for its Placida and Boca Grande potable (drinking water) water supply. From April 9 at 8 a.m. through May 21, GIWA will disinfect the water with free chlorine rather than combined chlorine/ammonia (chloramines). This conversion to chlorine (which is a […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Big White Rabbit is on the move, as Easter is this Sunday, April 1. At the Boca Grande Community Center, Jungle Joe Wier and Dashing Dave Bartels are getting everything ready for one of the biggest egg hunts around, to be held on Saturday, March 31 at 10 a.m. Bring your […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Barrier Island Parks Society, in partnership with Florida Park Service, hosted the annual Great Seashell Hunt, island style, on Wednesday, March 28. The event was packed with 50 kids aged 2 through 12, their parents and several others. Barrier Island Parks Society Executive Director Sharon McKenzie gave an educational presentation […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Stop by the Boca Grande Community Center on Saturday, March 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. for a Suncoast Humane Society “Fundraising Fiesta” to be held on the lawn. Donors can partake of guacamole from the farmer’s market, chips, salsa and margaritas while listening to a presentation on the next leg of […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Water samples, microscopes and the latest technology kept a few volunteers busy at the Mote Marine Laboratory office on the island last Friday morning, March 16. Mote Staff Biologist Devin Burris was onsite to provide training on the new HABscope system. The HABscope system was developed by NOAA (National Oceanic and […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Hermitage Artist Retreat invites the community to join them for a free evening on Friday, March 23 at 6 p.m., to tour the painting studio of renowned painter Robert Bordo and then hear acclaimed Mexican writer Monica Lavin read from her work on the beach around 6:30 p.m., in time to […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Barrier Island Parks Society, in partnership with Florida Park Service, is holding their annual Great Seashell Hunt, island style, on Wednesday, March 28 at 11 a.m. Be ready to learn about our local barrier island seashells from one of our park rangers, then walk out onto the beach for an exciting […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Suncoast Humane Society volunteers will be holding a fundraiser to present their new capital campaign on Saturday, March 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. on the lawn of the Boca Grande Community Center. Donors can enjoy some savory fiesta treats while mingling with SHS’s two-legged and four-legged ambassadors. Please bring your checkbook […]