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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historical Preservation Board met Wednesday, Nov. 9 to discuss four agenda items. The first request was to rehabilitate 271 Gilchrist Avenue. The applicant proposes to improve the eastern porch of the existing single-family residence by replacing the shed roof with a gable roof and the existing […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande resident Diane Todd and her sisters, Trisha and Judy, wish to thank the community for their support of Diane’s 3-year-old granddaughter, Zoe Guy, A few months ago, when Zoe experienced a common cold that just wouldn’t go away, her mother, Amber Todd Guy, took her to get her white […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Pearce Presnell has been coming to Boca Grande since he was a young boy. His father, an avid boater and fisherman, started bringing him to the island 25 years ago. “We used to vacation here, and then my dad bought a place here in the 1990s. My brothers and […]
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Alice Beatrice (Beasie) Churchman du Pont, 100, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2016 at her home in Fairfield, Connecticut. She was born in September 22, 1916 in Morristown, N.J. and was the daughter of the late William Bridgeman Churchman, Jr. and Alice Beatrice Geyelin Churchman. She attended the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Chestnut […]
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Zachary Allen Davis of Port Charlotte passed away on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 at the age of 37. Zachary was born on April 8, 1979 in Richmond, Indiana. Zachary was a 2004 graduate of Pennsylvania College of Art and Design with a degree in culinary arts. Zachary enjoyed working as a chef, spending time with […]
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To the Editor: Pearl Harbor survivors John Seelie (left), from Engwood, Florida, and Edward Stone, from Syracuse, New York, talk during a tour of the USS Arizona Memorial. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Oahu. The U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The weekly island Farmers Market is coming back. Boca Grande Farm and Fish Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays starting on January 6, 2017. The market will still be located at the ball field on Wheeler Road. More than 33 vendors are expected […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Duane Zobrist, owner of Gasparilla Adventures, a resort outfitters company, recently purchased the property located at 333 Park Avenue on the island. Zobrist will be running a business that will rent bikes, golf carts, kayaks and paddleboards. “We’ll be offering guided water tours, or people can just rent kayaks and paddleboards […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Although you might not see her on most days when you come into Hudson’s Market to grab lunch, Donna Caso is usually very busy working in the kitchen preparing food and stocking other items to keep the store running smoothly. Donna has been working at the store for more […]
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To the Editor: Volunteers from Boca Grande and surrounding cities – making up a multicounty area team – have collected enough gift-filled shoeboxes to reach more than 31,400 children in need through the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child, but they are not resting on their success. Although local drop-off locations have closed for the […]