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Frances Dale Melvold of Maquoketa, Iowa, who spent winters with her husband and family members at Boca Grande for more than 40 years, died November 27, 2017 at Clover Ridge Place Assisted Living in Maquoketa. She was 93. After visits to the island in the early 1970s, she and her husband, Robert, were among the […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve visited Englewood Bank in the last several months, you may have noticed a new friendly face behind the counter. Lisa Hannah is the new senior teller at the branch in Boca Grande. Lisa is originally from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She was born in Knoxville and raised in Gatlinburg in the craft […]
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To the Editor: As you know, the GICIA Alert List originated during Hurricane Charley and was reinstated during Hurricane Irma. Although the intention was to only use this list for Hurricane-related emergency information, the GICIA Board of Directors has determined that the red tide issue has reached emergency status. Therefore, we have decided to use […]
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To the Editor: Efforts to mitigate water-quality issues throughout Lee County continue under the leadership of the Lee Board of County Commissioners with County staff, contracted vendors and several state entities, including the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida Department of Health. Board actions: The Board […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, August 8 and approved all of the items on the agenda. The first proposal was a request to construct a new pool and install a new sand-set paver pool deck and patio at 1240 12th Street W. in Boca […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE No matter what you may have heard, red tide is still rolling in with the waves on local beaches, and while conditions have improved there is still more than one reason to be very careful before getting in the water. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, high concentrations of […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This year’s Island School students gathered in their classrooms on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 8 to prepare themselves for the upcoming 2018-19 school year, which begins this Friday. Head-of-School Jean Thompson said the school is at a maximum enrollment of 60 again this year, and a lottery was held for the second […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Patty Kitchen moved to Boca Grande in 1982, and she’s been working on the island ever since. But now, with the closing and sale of the building that housed PJ’s and The Grapevine, she finds herself in a new position, which poses the question: Should she move on to another job […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Despite the effects of red tide, sea turtle nests numbers are continuing to grow, hatchlings are making their way to the water and excavations are being done by patrol members on a consistent basis. As of July 27, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported 636 Caretta caretta (Loggerhead) turtle nests […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The annual Great Bay Scallop Search is planned for this area is from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18. The purpose of the resource monitoring program is to document the health and status of bay scallops populations by snorkeling and looking for scallops in select areas. This is a […]