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Kay Kemper

If you are in the market for a motivational speaker for your next graduation, Kay Kemper is the woman for you. Energetic, optimistic, and full of joie de vivre, Kay could inspire the most woebegone and has uplifting wisdom to share. From being the first female vice president in the history of Old Dominion University […]

Halloweens past with the kids of Boca Grande

It was a simpler time. A time when children would watch “Father Knows Best” and “The Brady Bunch” in their feety pajamas. A time when the best ride in town was a banana seat bicycle with playing cards clipped to the tire with a clothes pin. A time when children played outside for hours unsupervised, […]

Breast cancer: Looking toward the future

Breast cancer treatment has come a long way in the past 100 years. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was believed that breast cancer was an infectious disease whose spread was expedited by surgery. One of the prominent surgeons of the day, James Syme (1799-1870) from Edinburgh, believed that surgery shouldn’t be attempted […]

Turtle Tracts … Week 23

By Turtle Patroller Tonya Bramlage Non-viable, unhatched nests are in the final weeks of excavation. These nests have not produced a hatching 70 days after their creation. There are a multitude of natural environmental factors that could cause a nest to not hatch. A nest that is too close to the water may have been […]

Inside out: Why is RPP moving their first show outside?

By Erica Martin and Alice Court Live theater is back. Broadway is back. The West End is back. Touring companies are back on the road. And Royal Palm Players is back, too. At the end of the lost season – last year – RPP began casting, planning and producing the upcoming Superlative Season of Fun! […]

PROFILE: Lucinda Dixon Sullivan

Lucinda Dixon Sullivan has one heck of a bookshelf. If one did not know that she was a writer, they would immediately guess by the stunning, wall-filled shelves of books that line her living room. Lucinda just happens to be a successful novelist, having written “It was the Goodness of the Place,” along with several […]

Pass Club renovation moving toward December opening

It was seven months ago that demolition began on the Boca Bay Pass Club’s $3.5 million renovation. Today, despite a few headaches caused by the ongoing COVID pandemic, the remodeling is moving along nicely. Drywall and hardwood flooring have been installed in the expanded Grille Room (Paradise Room), which contains a wall of glass doors […]

Local organizations plan full schedules, keeping fingers crossed

Promotional material has been mailed. Fingers are crossed. Boca Grande’s not-for-profits are hoping that everything can return to the way it was before the COVID pandemic struck – even though they can’t be 100 percent certain. “As much as we want things to be back to normal and have planned for that, things aren’t normal […]

OBITUARY: Patricia Miller

Patricia F Miller, age 93, of Boca Grande passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021. Patricia was born February 7, 1928. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at lemonbayfh.com for the Miller family. No public services are scheduled at this time.

GIWA Director Pringle set to retire

Bonnie Pringle, the Utility Director of the Gasparilla Island Water Association for the past 41 years, has announced her plans to retire in early 2022. “It is with mixed emotions that the GIWA Board of Directors announces the intention of Bonnie Pringle to retire in early 2022. Bonnie has been an incredible leader and an […]