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To the Editor: The Literature Forum has ended another successful season. More than 200 lovers of fine literature attended the past season’s Literature Forum. Able presenters and discussion leaders, including Sandy Jacobs, Davis Hammond, David Jenkins, Tim Yonker, Edes Gilbert, Susan Hastings, Cathy Ballman and Jim and Karen Grace, brought the selected books to life […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held a meeting on Wednesday, April 19, which left a few members of the community disappointed. Four cases involving special certificates of appropriateness were on the agenda. The first item was a request for an addition to the west side of the house at 291 Palm […]
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■ STAFF REPORT You may have noticed some subtle changes to the 5th Street parking lot by The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. Okay, well, they’re actually huge changes, but they are the same changes we have been reporting about for months, and they will add parking to the downtown area. According to Betsy Clayton, communications […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve had dinner recently at Fusion – the island’s newest restaurant – you’ve likely witnessed Food and Beverage Manager Margarita Santiago bustling about the establishment and making sure everything is running as smoothly as possible. Speaking to one staff member in Spanish while simultaneously answering questions in English during our interview, […]
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William “Bill” Martin, 83, of Boca Grande and Charlevoix, Mich., passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home on Monday, April 10, 2017. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Elizabeth “Jeanne,” brother Robert Martin of Flushing and Charlevoix, Mich. and sister Carol (Mike) Snyder of Flushing, Mich. William was an […]
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To the Editor: The Boca Grande Woman’s Club’s 2017 Dog Show Chairs would like to thank our entire Dog Show and Yappy Hour Party volunteers for their wonderful job in making this year’s events such an overwhelming success. The net proceeds were over $35,000. Our 60 dogs brought lots of smiles and laughter to the […]
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Michael (“Doc”) T. Jaekels, M.D., who helped bring thousands of babies into this world as a career obstetrician and gynecologist, passed on February 15, 2017, at the age of 86. He was a resident of Elkhart Lake and Shorewood, Wis., former resident of Boca Grande and Fox Point, Wis. He was the loving husband of […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY JIM GRANT OF THE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY Last week directors of the Barrier Island Parks Society finally celebrated, after 14-plus years of frustration in obtaining the island’s Rear Range Light (now known as the Gasparilla Island Light) from its various federal landlords, the completion of its extraordinary restoration over this season! […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Good Friday begins the final weekend of “season” on the island, and it begins with the annual Palm on Park sale and the Walk of the Cross. Lilly Pulitzer fans, this is your chance to get some of the greatest bargains of the season at The Palm on Park Easter sale. The […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN When island resident Barbara Edgerton was asked to manage a collection of World War stories from Boca Grande families, she happily agreed, even though that meant dedicating the next year of her life to complete the project. After it was announced that Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center were going […]