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OBITUARY: Nicole Ruth Coleman

It is said that there are some who bring a light to the world that is so great, it remains even after they are gone. Those words might have been written about Nicole Coleman, because even though she left us on Monday, February 10, 2020, it still doesn’t feel like she’s gone. She certainly fought […]

PROFILE: Dr. Bruce Rougraff

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Bruce Rougraff is a self-proclaimed beach bum from way back. When he was a child, living in Houston, his family would head to the Galveston Bay beach almost every weekend, and some of his fondest memories are of those trips. Those memories, and those of going to the beaches of Southwest […]

As we say ‘goodbye’ to Hilja Bilodeau, a new chapter is opened at the Boca Grande Clinic and Annex

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The friendly smile and platinum hair that has become so synonymous with Boca Grande Health Clinic Chief Executive Officer Hilja Bilodeau’s presence on the island will be disappearing soon, as she will be retiring this year. After facilitating many very positive changes at the Health Clinic and Annex, she is leaving with […]

Posh, 31, easy on the eyes and fearless: Meet Lynne Olson

BY MARY COOK – In 1941 she took over the staggering work of running Alliance, France’s largest spy network, a corps of 3,000 agents.  She described herself as merely “the wife of an officer, mother of a family, member of no political party, and a Catholic.”  In reality, however, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade thought like a man. Lynne […]

‘Dawson’s Fall’ author to speak at Fust on Tuesday

STAFF REPORT – The Library Foundation is honored to once again welcome Roxana Robinson to speak in the library loggia.  Her most recent novel, “Dawson’s Fall,” takes place in stormy, post-Civil War Charleston during 1889. It is a time and place fraught with division, both social and political, and racial conflict. The main character, Francis Dawson, […]

An artist of the island: Susan Michod revives feminism in painting

BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is currently displaying the artwork a Boca Grande resident and woman of history. Susan Michod is part of the show called “With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985.” Michod has led the “pattern and decoration” movement since 1969. This movement surfaced […]

‘Leading Ladies’ a rollicking good comedy featuring some amazing Royal Palm Players

BY BOOTS TOLSDORF – If you are lucky enough to have a ticket for the performance of “Leading Ladies,” directed by lovable, wonderful and talented Tad Ingram, you are in for a rollicking good time. Spoiler alert: think ‘“Some Like it Hot.” Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.’ And make sure you take some Aleve before you come. Otherwise, […]