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STAFF REPORT – If you’re leaving the island for your other residence soon, or even just beginning to think about it, here’s another thing to think about. Donating your non-perishables from your pantry would be a tremendous help to many right now. You can even drop it off locally, at the Paradise Exclusive (Parsley-Baldwin) office […]
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STAFF REPORT – Two topics that have been the focus of islanders’ attention during the past year were covered in the recent Boca Grande Community Planning Association survey: What should be permitted in an area zoned “residential,” and should there be restrictions on rental activities, such as Airbnb, Vrbo and “hotel houses?” The survey results […]
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BY OLIVIA CAMERON – As high school course come to a close, our local high school seniors continue to recap their experience, or lack of, ending their education online. However, these local seniors see a light at the end of the tunnel. Lemon Bay senior Anabelle Coleman describes finishing her diploma online as a way […]
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SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – Construction on the GICIA’s Mercabo Cove Project continues to make steady progress. Recent construction activity is bringing visible and exciting changes to the site. TSI Disaster Recovery along with Project Engineer and Manager, Hans Wilson of HWA, are working together to keep the project on schedule. The most noticeable change […]
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STAFF REPORT – Island photographer Len Tatko captured these images recently documenting the story of a new killdeer family near the Pink Elephant and 4th Street. Len said he had a run-in with “mom,” then watched her go into her survival mode of pretending to be wounded. A killdeer runs from the nest to take […]
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To the Editor: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! To everyone who watched Spark Boca Grande TV’s Livestream Comedy reading of “His Second Act” on May 2, we’d like to say “Thank you.” Thank you for your patience with our technical glitches. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your time. Our first livestream […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you were to go back in a time machine to February 1 and be able to talk to the person you were back then, imagine the conversation you would have. Things we never thought were possible in our age of modern technology and medicine have been taking place. This virus […]
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On April 27, 2020 William W. Wilcox V, 94, of Westwood, Mass. and formerly of Boca Grande, and devoted husband of Priscilla, his wife of 71 years, passed away. He was born on April 24, 1926 in Middletown, Conn. to Eleanor Sanborn Wilcox and William W Wilcox IV. He attended Eaglebrook School, Phillips Andover Academy, […]
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STAFF REPORT – Boca Grande resident Gina McFadden is the Vice President of the Boca Grande Art Center Board of Directors and also the Chair of their Membership Committee. She was born and raised in Mt. Vernon, New York and graduated from high school in Rye, New York. Gina graduated from Barat College in Lake […]