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Bess Finch, recent resident of Boca Grande, passed away on September 29, 2016, at her summer home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was born LewEllyn “Bess” Lundeen in Atlanta on February 25, 1929. She spent an active, varied, and artistic life in the Greater Atlanta Area until Fall 2014 when she relocated to Boca Grande. In […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – Steve Kaplan was on a short three-day vacation in Boca Grande four years ago with his wife, Jill. They were visiting his brother, who had a condo in Boca Bay, and they noticed an advertisement on the Internet for a small grocery store that was available for purchase. What was once Gil’s […]
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Lee County Commissioners sent out an email on Friday, Oct. 28 stating that agenda item 26 regarding the Gilchrist Avenue meeting landscape project in Boca Grande has been stricken from the November 1 meeting agenda. In the email Assistant County Manager Douglas L. Meurer said the issue is no longer slated to be discussed. The […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Agenda item 26. That is the rather innocuous name of a precedent-setting topic of discussion for Lee County Commissioners on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Agenda Item 26 is Gilchrist Avenue parking, and commissioners will be voting on a final plan, thereby hopefully putting a very well-worn controversy to rest. The proposal to […]
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For the first time ever The Gasparilla Inn & Club has been voted the No.1 Resort in Florida by the two most esteemed consumer travel magazines in the same year. The historic resort, located in Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island, is honored as the No. 1 Resort in Florida (Gulf) in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2016 […]
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Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC is moving right along with road paving and widening, and this past week they started putting some shoulders on Gasparilla Road. According to Project Manager Scott Gilliard, crews will be on Gasparilla Road all next week working, and lane closures will be happening each day. Any homeowners who live […]
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What would Boca Grande be like today with no bridge to the mainland? What was island life like before the first bridge opened in 1958? Who promoted the building of the bridge, who opposed it and why? Did the bridge bring the changes people anticipated? Were there unintended consequences? How has the bridge shaped the […]
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This past week at the Boca Grande Child Care Center there was much pumpkin fun to be had, including measuring and weighing many pumpkins students brought in. Before they weighed and measured the pumpkins the children had a chance to make some predictions and estimations. Teacher Ms. Breon put a […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – Illusionist Craig Karges, award-winning entertainer and nationally recognized speaker, will be coming to the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Karges combines the art of magic with the science of psychology and the power of intuition to create the impression that nothing is impossible. […]
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Last June the community lost a man who truly loved to fish, and now his friends are honoring him with his own tournament. “Fish in Paradise: The First Annual Dylan Gonzalez Memorial Snook, Redfish and Trout Tournament & Fundraiser,” will be held on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 6:30 […]