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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Naples Sailing and Yacht Club visited the island to hear a special guest speaker, and they may have gotten more than they bargained for. “Captain Dumplin’ ” gave an inside look at being a Boca “Bad Boy” before the Causeway was in existence. Whether on land or sea, everybody around here […]
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BY MARY BESS – It’s a problem most of us would like to have but, despite what Mae West says, too much of a good thing is not necessarily … wonderful. “There are pitfalls of having too much money, but you can find happiness despite it,” says Pauline Lord in a counterintuitive take on the […]
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BY KELLI BECTON – Approximately 250 acres of Rotonda Lakes and Rotonda Sands were destroyed by a wildfire on Monday, Feb. 24. Although it was a close call and there was some exposure damage, firefighters were successful in keeping it from damaging any homes. The fire was reported on Monday at 11:24 a.m. as a one- […]
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BY LAUREN HANA MD – The novel (new) coronavirus, now called COVID-19, is a respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in December of 2019. Initial cases were linked to a large open-air seafood and animal market. This virus is a relative of the coronaviruses that caused SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle […]
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UPDATE: As of 6 PM Charlotte County Fire and EMS and the Division of Forestry have officially declared that 250 acres were burned by today’s fire. There were two minor firefighter injuries. Fire is still 95 percent contained, they’re working on several hot spots, and they will be working through the night and for the […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The most recent History Byte of the 2020 season was more about a community and less about a place where books are kept. The Johann Fust Community Library and its 70-year celebration was celebrated at this talk, held on Wednesday, Feb. 19 and given by Johann Fust Foundation Director Bobbie Marquis. […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – On Tuesday, Feb. 18, guests of Dr. Locascio’s interactive presentation got to learn about updated research methods of snook tracking and sampling for knowledge about the red tide effects of the past few years. His presentation, entitled “Tracking spawning snook recovery from red tide: Incorporating a drone as a survey tool,” […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Boca Grande JF Library Foundation once again welcomed Roxana Robinson to speak on a recently published biographical novel. Published in May of 2019, “Dawson’s Fall” was based on the lives of Robinson’s great-grandparents and revolves around a paradox of beliefs for people during the Reconstruction era. Robinson has claimed the […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Englewood Community Care Clinic introduced their new sign for the Health Center to update their location and pay tribute to a special couple on Boca Grande. On January 10 of this year, the Care Clinic held their annual open house, this time to surprise its initiators. Dr. Raymond James of […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Young Life of Charlotte Harbor is a non-profit Christian organization bringing kids together while sharing a relationship with faith. Since the organization’s start in 1941, the goal of the program has been to help students build a relationship with their peers and with their faith. The United Methodist Church on Boca […]