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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande bridge tender and toll worker Bill Pavia led quite an interesting life before deciding to make the move from Massachusetts to Florida four years ago. He grew up in Milford, Mass. with three brothers and three sisters. Attending parochial school in an Italian Catholic neighborhood, he recalls that everyone […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE I watched a very interesting piece on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver recently regarding the fast-paced demise of print news. It’s essentially the breakdown of what we are inundated with every day when we turn on the television or social media on our computer … it’s what people now call […]
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To the Editor: Having read your editorial, we are wondering about the recklessness of visitors coming to the island in leaving junk and trash at the beach, at the parking places, etc. We are visiting the island frequently but do live in Germany. We do respect the privacy of homeowners by not parking close to […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – Lee County’s resurfacing roadway improvement project will include improving some road- ways in Boca Grande starting this fall. Betsy Clayton, Lee County communications director, said the Lee County Department of Transportation would begin repaving roads in Boca Grande once the project is approved. “Lee County DOT will be repaving 6.5 miles of […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Boca Grande’s Island School students were jubilant to return if the noise level was any indication on Wednesday, Aug. 10. This year 60 children reported for their first day of classwork. There are 10 children in the TIS kindergarten class, six in first grade, 14 in second grade, 14 in third […]
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A lifelong collector, talented artist and feisty competitor, Annie Ewing Knapp Boomer passed away peacefully on July 24, 2016 at her home in Pointe Aux Barques, Mich. Her family helped her transition out of this life by recounting funny stories about her, drinking martinis and toasting to her indomitable spirit. Annie was 86 years old […]
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Roberta “Bobbie” Pringle Platt, 55, passed away at Tidewell Hospice House in Port Charlotte on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, after a long battle with cancer. Roberta moved to Boca Grande from Illinois in the late 1960s with her family. Her grandparents, Mabel and Jack Oller, had the Kozy Kitchen Restaurant on Railroad Avenue and Bobbie […]
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Kevin M. Hall, 38, of Boca Grande and formerly of Brooksville, passed away August 1, 2016. He was a 1997 graduate of Hernando High School. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, who will miss him very much. He is predeceased by his father, Morris Hall; uncles Randy Hall and David Salyer; aunts […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – There’s a new doctor in the house at the Boca Grande Health Clinic. Lauren Hana, M.D., officially began seeing patients on July 11 at the Boca Grande locale and is now a full-time physician on staff, serving patients along with Dr. Jeff Humbarger and Dr. Tom Ervin. Lauren grew up […]
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To the Editor: The Gulf Coast Partnership and community partners are promoting the collection of insect repellant for the prevention of the Zika virus. This is an important public safety drive, called “Bug Off.” We are collecting mosquito and bug spray to distribute to homeless individuals and families in Charlotte County. The Zika virus is […]