Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Entertainment, News.
The film is loosely based on an amateur high school video project that Graham Fraser and his friend, Mike Drinkwater, produced some 40 years ago. The Super 8 recording sat in a storage locker for many years, and when Luke graduated from film school at the University of Colorado in 2020, he asked his dad about the possibility of using it as the basis for a new movie.
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The water bodies of Sarasota Bay are designated as an Outstanding Florida Waters (OFW’s). This designation is intended to provide additional protection to special waters recognized for their ecological significance, by providing the highest degree of protection under the State of Florida’s permitting policies. An OFW designation requires that water quality must not be degraded below the level that existed at the time of the OFW designation. However, significant degradation of Sarasota Bay has occurred since its original designation, as documented through water quality data, red tide blooms, areas of seagrass die-off and manatee mortalities.
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Lee County Commissioners will be discussing an extension of the contract for beach renourishment that Gasparilla Island has with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at their meeting on Tuesday, May 17.
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Among those items that were discussed were solar panels. Board members had asked Lee County at their last meeting to do some research into how other counties and localities deal with the visual impact of solar panels, to which Lee County Attorney Amanda Swindle responded.
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To celebrate Banyan Gasparilla’s sales success, developer Integra Investments and sales and marketing partner Gulf to Bay Sotheby’s International Realty recently hosted a cocktail event with more than 85 attendees. The gathering, which was held at Coral Creek Golf Club, also served to launch the property’s 83 new resort condominiums and officially unveil the partnership with Evolution Hospitality Management and Taste & Theory – the next evolution of this coastal community.
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By Tim Spain Having spent years on the water, local chef Tim Spain has a tale that bears telling, to let our readers know that even with years of experience, one bad move on the water can end badly. On April 4, 2022, I was on a boat that had just been renovated, and we […]
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Now is the time to be diligent in picking up all furniture, toys, tents … pretty much everything from the beach. Turtles – both adults and hatchlings – can get stuck on or in these items and cannot turn around. If left out of the water too long, they will die. That includes trash, so please pick up after yourself if you are spending the day on the beach.
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Jean “Je-Je” Harding Pierce of Boca Grande, Fla. and Woods Hole, Mass., passed away peacefully on Friday, May 6, 2022 in Boca Grande, at the age of 94. Born February 29, 1928 in Canada to Fred and Lillian Harding, Je-Je was a “leap year” baby. She was a graduate of Colby-Sawyer College in New London, […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Profiles.
Unless you were there, you probably never will know. Bob knows, though, and the short amount of time he spent there was life-changing. He has been able to capture more of what the “Studio” feeling was really about than most, quite possibly because he is more of an observer than a “doer.” His unassuming presence and quiet demeanor belie the party animal that hides beneath the surface, it seems.
Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.
To the Editor: The 2022 summer reading program, “Oceans of Possibilities,” is free and for all ages. Sign up at your favorite branch location, online at leelibrary.readsquared.com or through the READsquared app. The summer reading program is designed to nurture and grow a lifelong love of reading and learning. The program is divided into four […]