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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This week someone made quite a bold statement against homeowners who put plants and rocks on the Promenade, and in particular, one homeowner who placed their own version of “Stonehenge” on each side of their property along the walkway weeks ago. This historic 12-foot strip of land that runs along the […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Retired Colonel James “Jimmy D” Dieffenderfer will be turning 100 years old on Dec. 25, 2019. The Colonel is the father of Boca Grande resident and Royal Palm Players’ current President Ann Fletcher. On Christmas Day, Father Geoffrey Piper will recognize “Jimmy D’s” 100th birthday during the 9:30 a.m. service at St. […]
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■ STAFF REPORT It’s that time of the year again, when the eats are “grande” and the music is swinging at “The Taste of Boca Grande,” scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 at the Boca Bay Pass Club. The Brett Foreman Band is slated to play again this year, and […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Woman’s Club member Candy Sasser understands that Boca Bargains is truly a treasure hunt for shoppers. If you’re looking for a last-minute Christmas gift, you still have tomorrow, Dec. 21 and Monday, Dec. 23 to find something special on the island without having to combat the crowds in area stores. […]
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Harold Curtis Wells Jr. of Cape Cod and Boca Grande passed away on December 9, 2019 surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was born in Medford, Massachusetts on June 11, 1933 to Ruth McKay and Harold Curtis Wells, Sr. Harold grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts where he enjoyed pond skating and baseball. He went […]
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Rosemary Fannie Bowler, 89, until recently a resident of Boca Grande, passed away on July 26, 2019 after a brief illness. She is survived by her sister, Eleanor Bowler Craveiro; brother-in-law, Donald Craveiro; several nieces and nephews; and many, many friends whom she considered family. She was predeceased by her sister Jane Trimble, her brother […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Beach Club rehabilitation, a taller garage vs. a small house, and giving contributing status to a home on Whiskey Row were three interesting items the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board had on their agenda for their monthly meeting held on Wednesday, Dec. 11. First, though, they introduced new board member […]
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■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Retired NASA astronaut Dr. Kathryn Sullivan explained to a curious crowd at the Boca Grande Community Center on Wednesday, December 11 her perception of what liftoff into space felt like traveling at nearly 18,000 miles per hour. “It was like being in an earthquake and being inside of a fighter jet […]
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■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Dr. Robert Hueter is what some people may call a shark specialist. The Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium scientist is the director of the Center for Shark Research. Hueter spoke at the Boca Grande Community Center on Tuesday morning about his decades of work focused on shark research. His presentation was […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN When Elizabeth “Kay” Gibson recently spent some time in Boca Grande, she recalled when she and her husband Charles “Dana” Gibson were two of the first tenants on the second floor in the railroad depot building. At the time, 1979, they owned Jekyll Towing & Marine Services. While the company’s tugboat Jekyll […]