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Boca Grande Art Center Liaison Program supports upcoming artists

TONYA BRAMLAGE – A hallmark of authentic leadership is the alignment of people around a mission and its values. The liaison program at the Boca Grande Art Center is designed to support upcoming artists with comprehensive approaches for the professional development of the whole person, facilitating discoveries that shape new ways of being, and giving […]

L.A. Ainger jazz band holds first concert of the school year

BY T MICHELE WALKER – As the sun set on the Lemon Bay High School quad last Thursday evening, the L.A. Ainger Middle School Jazz Band took the stage to perform for the first time this season. “This is the first time our jazz band is performing this year,” said Mr. Tim Ostrow, Director of […]

OBITUARY: Deirdre O’Neil

Deirdre O’Neil, 83, of Beverly Farms, Mass. and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 15, 2021.   Deirdre was the only child of John and Helen (Ford) Fahey, born on September 16, 1937 in Cambridge, Mass. Her dear cousin Anne (Duggan) Quicke was “adopted” when Deirdre was 3. Her own mother’s passing when […]

PROFILE: Rose Marie Blaha

BY T MICHELE WALKER – When you think of famous detective duos, thoughts wander to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mulder and Scully from the X Files, or perhaps Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man series. Boca Grande has its own history detective duo in Jim and Rose Marie Blaha. Behind every lead […]

National Historic Register responses to BGHPB inquiry show less enchantment, more disfavor for proposal

BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Emails opposing the inclusion of a major portion of historic downtown Boca Grande into the National Register of Historic Places are pouring into the Historic Preservation Board’s mailbox ahead of a public meeting on the issue next month.  “At this point, based on the emails we are receiving, many more people […]

Time to saddle up and join the Dog-gone Wild West!

STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Dog Show and Spring Fair are going virtual this year, keeping Boca Grande humans and canines safe, with a combined socially distanced event Dog Gone Wild West – Dog Show & Spirit Day Saturday, March 13 when the cowboy spirit will turn the town around! Don’t forget […]

Happiness and the heart

BY DR RAYMOND JAMES, D.O. – This month the Boca Grande Health Clinic has focused on heart disease – its causes and symptoms and ways to prevent it through healthy choices. In addition to the warnings signs you may be aware of like high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol and obesity – did you know that […]

Island Booknotes Live 2021 to continue on in March at the Fust

BY T MICHELE WALKER – Following the success of their last “Island Booknotes Live 2021” featuring author Fred Rich, The Johann Fust Library Foundation will present the second event in their literary series on Thursday, March 4 at 4 p.m. “Author’s Unmasked” will feature Island authors Daly Walker and Lucinda Dixon Sullivan, who will discuss […]

“Flower’s” Margot Shaw to talk about floral lifestyle

BY CATHERINE BALLMAN – Margot Shaw has an eye for living and decorating with flowers and it shows in her magazine, Flower. She also has an eye for opportunity. Ms. Shaw spied a need for a flower-focused publication to fill a niche between popular and trade magazines. In a recent blog-cast on “Design Chic,” she […]

Economic Summit 2021 happening March 4

BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Four lifelong students of economics and finance will attempt to gaze into a crystal ball at the Friends of Boca Grande Economic Summit 2021 on March 4 and answer the age-old question: What is that light at the end of the tunnel? “Consider our federal fiscal policy as a path or […]