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To the Editor: Congratulations on writing a significant editorial regarding the spring break party that was held recently. Without being specific, the editorial was more superficial than comprehensive. All of us “locals” – locals being defined as those people who have lived here for a long period of time, especially those who remember how things […]
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BY MARY COOK – Last Saturday, Jan. 13 at 4:30 p.m., an hour that merges into cocktail time for some, biographer/historian Jon Meacham kept a full auditorium mesmerized at the Community Center. Author of “American Lion: The Complex Legacy of Andrew Jackson,” Meacham spoke about President Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed identification with Jackson, a concept that again […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteer and Board member Melissa Csank said an unusual number of dead sea turtles have washed up on the beaches of Gasparilla Island recently. “In less than three weeks, citizens on the beach have reported four separate deceased turtles, from the Range Light to the bridge at the […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Last week people passing by the Range Light on Gulf Boulevard witnessed a Lee County crew digging a drainage ditch along the roadway. Many were impressed with its depth, which was about 4 feet, and recognized the need for the project. After all, every time a heavy rain comes through, we […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Lee County officials said this week that landscaping waste pickups for the island would begin again very soon, possibly next week. Lee County Public Information Officer Timothy Engstrom confirmed that the large piles of brush around the island – including on 19th Street and on Gilchrist Avenue – should be picked […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Would you believe we have been dealing with Irma in our daily lives since Monday, Sept. 4? That was the day, at about 9:20 a.m. when we first received word that this particular hurricane might affect our island. The spaghetti models were aimed at Southwest Florida, and people were urged to […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Ethan Edson, a marine scientist with Northeastern University, visited Boca Grande this week and coincidentally planned the trip around an Earth Day exhibition in Dallas, Texas. Edson will join a panel at the event tomorrow (Earth Day) to discuss plastic pollution in world oceans. Using ingenuity, he developed a product called […]
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To the Editor: I was privileged to be involved as an editor of the Friends of Boca Grande book, “World Wars—Memories and Reflections of Boca Grande Families. The sixty stories in the book were submitted by Boca Grande residents whose stories tell of their own or their families’ experiences during World War I and II, […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE. Island resident Gary Siler is used to watching his wife, Chris, pick up trash and other items from the beach when they’re out walking, but last Saturday she found something that had both of them quite puzzled. As they walked that particular day they came across a regular Coke […]
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Long-time island resident Zelma Otto reached her 90th birthday recently, and it was celebrated by many at the Rotonda Lakes Clubhouse near her home. She was all dressed in purple for the occasion and got to spend some time with three of the island boys she helped to raise – Seth Joiner, Parker O’Bannon and […]