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Historic District zoning and a potential marine district Part IV: Items to be addressed by the Boca Grande Community Planning Association

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Community History, News.

STAFF REPORT – Two questions on the recently completed Boca Grande Community Planning Association survey touched on land, or water use regulation: Zoning in the historic district, and the creation of a new Marine District. The clear message from all the answers and comments in the survey was that island residents want to preserve the […]

Coming soon to Park Avenue: The Frazetta Museum

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News.

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – One of the greatest sorrows this writer could feel about the damnable virus that came and took so much away from us as a society, is the fact that the newest and most interesting establishment on Park Avenue was unable to properly open.  The Frazetta Museum, located in the building that […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Local group gives thanks for UTV to help Stump Pass

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, Letters to the Editor, News.

To the Editor: Stump Pass Beach State Park is finally receiving a much needed vehicle to transport rangers and volunteers around the park’s 1.3 miles of trails and shoreline. The UTV will be most helpful to park staff and volunteers as they work on the many projects such as shorebird stewarding, sea turtle patrol, removing […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A special thank you to the BGWC for helping the turtles

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, Letters to the Editor, News.

To the Editor: The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association wishes to extend its sincere gratitude to the Woman’s Club for their generous support of our organization over the years. Since our inception, their generous donations have provided us with resources to protect and preserve sea turtles and their nesting habitat on Gasparilla Island, through monitoring […]

OBITUARY: Virginia ‘Bina’ Charman

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News, News, Obituaries.

Virginia Osborne Charman, of Hunting Valley, Ohio and Boca Grande, died April 1, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio at age 96.  Known to her family and friends as Bina, she and her three older sisters Annette, Dorothy and Marjorie, and her younger brother Bill, grew up in Cleveland Heights. Her parents William McKinley Osborne and Jessie […]

COVID-19 antibody testing set up by Boca Grande Health Clinic through Quest Diagnostics

Written by Boca Grande Health Clinic on . Posted in Featured News, News.

STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Health Clinic is pleased to announce a COVID-19 antibody test offered through Quest Diagnostics. The test is performed by blood draw. It is an ELISA test (an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, also called ELISA or EIA, is a test that detects and measures antibodies in your blood) for SARS-CoV2 IgG, […]