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Alison Kimball Bradford died July 11, 2018 after a fall and short illness. With her children Gigi and Phil by her side, she spent her final days watching Wimbledon tennis and rooting for her favorite players. Born in Wilmington in 1927, she attended Tower Hill School and graduated from Westover School and Sarah Lawrence College. […]
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■ This handsome Florida native was captured chilling out on Monday, July 9 at 1st Street beach and was also seen checking out the beach at Sundown Colony off Gulf Blvd. The gator was about five feet long, just a youth, and couldn’t seem to figure out how to get home. It would be interesting […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Some of the country’s most famous tarpon guides packed the Rotonda Golf & Country Club on the evening of Saturday, July 7 to watch Capt. Waylon Mills be presented with the Jay Joiner Captain’s Award of 2018. He took the honor by recording the most releases out of four popular annual […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE We’ve recently seen a glut of news stories regarding all of the algae in the water, of all different shades and hues. We’ve been under a red tide warning for quite some time now, as the bloom that hung out off our coast since last fall came onshore and gave us […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande residents who were concerned about the closing of My Halo, worry no more. Tim Beach and Stuart Christensen recently purchased the company, and they plan to continue to offer all levels of service that the former owners offered. Beach and Christensen currently own a business in Sarasota called Help […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN It’s baby sea turtle time. The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported the first hatch from zone five on Monday, July 9. This was the second hatch of the season and there were several more during the week. Patrol members said all of them oriented perfectly with the direction of the […]
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A juvenile green sea turtle suffering the effects of red tide and rescued in Boca Grande was released July 11 at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach. According to Executive Director Suzi Fox of Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring, the turtle was brought north to be released where there is less red tide. […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you want to talk to an expert on home inspections, look no further than Jeff Rowe, owner of Rowe’s Home Inspection, LLC. The vision of his company is, “Working to protect our family and yours.” Jeff has owned the business based in Rotonda for the past two years. Born and raised […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Fireworks display that was scheduled for the night of the 4th of July at Boca Grande Marina will be held tonight, July 6, at around 9:30 p.m.
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The wooden walkway that is accessible from the Gasparilla Island State Park is partly closed due to beach erosion. The boardwalk itself has two exits that lead to the beach. If you are walking toward the lighthouse from the parking lot, the path splits. One way leads to a ramp with […]