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■ BY SUE ERWIN Mark Masselink has visited Boca Grande every year since the late 1990s. He’d travel here annually with a group of friends to go tarpon fishing in Captiva and Sanibel islands, and eventually they discovered Boca Grande. “I loved Boca Grande as soon as I got here,” Mark said. “The other guys on […]
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On the afternoon of Monday, April 8, 2019 our island lost one of the people who loved it the very most. Victoria Anne Kittredge may be out of our sight, but she will live on every time a glass is raised at The Temp, every time a joke or story in poor taste is told at just the wrong time, every time an engine in a choice sports car revs up to about 4,000 rpm and in every sunset from the sea wall.
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■ STAFF REPORT Polish your tailfins and get your clamshells ready – on Saturday, April 6 from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Loose Caboose the hunt for the mermaid-iest mermaid will be held. The Loose Caboose will be having a mermaid-themed drink special, and a children’s costume contest will be held for the best-dressed […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Erica Abel understands that dogs are a pretty big deal in Boca Grande. So when she published her recent children’s book, “Minna and the Canine Club,” she planned on marketing the book here when she came to visit her aunt, Kelly Savage, for spring break. Erica is an elementary school teacher […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Dozens of aquariums filled with a variety of sea creatures line the walls of Lemon Bay High School’s aquaculture laboratory located at its Englewood campus. On Monday, April 1, the Bocilla Islands Conservancy along with Lemon Bay Conservancy presented a check for $500 to the LBHS Marine Research Club to assist […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Tuesday, April 2 the Lee Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to award a contract for the purchase and installation of new playground equipment at Boca Grande Community Park, 131 First Street West. Installation should take place, according to the county, in late May or early June – right when […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Good architecture is made of commodity, firmness and delight, said author Harold Bubil when he gave a presentation called “Florida Buildings I Love” at the Boca Grande Community Center on Tuesday, April 2. “This program is kind of a history lesson based on the Florida buildings I admire,” Bubil said. “It […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Twenty-one area organizations will receive funding from the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Community Grant Program in 2019, with a total of $209,000 awarded. Earlier this year, the Club provided $20,000 to assist with sound and lighting for the new Community Center sunshade and $50,000 for the construction of a new public safety […]
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Nathaniel Henry Whiteside, III (Nate), 89, of Glen Lake, Michigan passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 in Kirkland, Washington, of complications of dementia. Nate was born March 18, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Nathaniel Henry Whiteside Jr., and Mildred (Gould) Whiteside. He grew up in Hinsdale, Illinois and spent his summers at Glen […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Dr. Richard Lockey has been a professor of medicine at the University of South Florida since the early 1970s. He is the only remaining founding faculty member of the Morsani School of Medicine at the university. He still participates as an affiliate faculty member when he is not enjoying time with his […]