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At their Annual Meeting held on Monday April 4, The Boca Grande Woman’s Club announced that the grand total of their 2016 community grants and scholarships is $649,600. The membership approved community grants totaling $260,600 for 20 local nonprofit organizations, which included assistance in funding the restoration of the 1927 Range Light, support for professional […]
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■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Boca Grande part-time resident Garry Carley is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and while he enjoys the peaceful island life here, he also has a sincere passion for the revitalization of his hometown. He currently serves as Chairman of Detroit Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. Carley met his wife, Nancy, while […]
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Sydell Friedman was a Boca Grande phenomenon. She and her husband, Stanley, were well known throughout the island and highly regarded in intellectual, social and tennis circles (and in just about every endeavor in which they participated) for more than 30 years. They were loving parents, grandparents and pet owners, as well as being energetic […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Calling all lovers of the tarpon season. The 2016 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament will be held, as is traditional, on Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday, May 7. Can’t fish it this year? Sign up to be an observer. Contact Melissa at (941) 473-4506. Fishing will be held in the Boca Grande Pass from […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Florida Governor Bob Graham and Former CIA Director Porter Goss will speak about important issues Florida residents are facing in light of the 2016 national elections. The discussion will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 8 in the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium. The conversation will cover various topics […]
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■ STAFF REPORT This Sunday, April 3 heralds the first – and last – spaghetti dinner of the season, to be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Crowninshield House. $10 for adults, $5 for kids. All are welcome.
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■ STAFF REPORT If you’re interested in signing up for one of the island’s most unique fishing tournaments, you’re in luck. Whidden’s Back Bay Tournament is right around the corner on Sunday, April 10. For $400 you and three other anglers can compete in the snook/redfish/trout competition from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The captain’s […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Staff at the Boca Grande Health Clinic is tight-lipped about what some of the amazing auction items are for the annual Hank Wright Åuction, which will be held on Thursday, April 7. The only they would say is that there are, in fact, some “presidential” items on the block. The Clinic’s annual […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The lease is here. Gasparilla Island Light Committee Jim Grant announced that Barrier Island Parks Society has received a lease dated as of April 1 to restore the Gasparilla Island Range Light. “This will enable BIPS to get the key and start fixing it up,” he said. Grant gave a presentation […]
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■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Meredith Haws Bolasco spends many of her days creating beautiful, exotic pieces of wearable art. Her jewelry designs often include rare treasures found in an exotic locale, such as ancient Greek and Roman coins, Byzantine bronze crosses and French medallions. She will be the featured artist at Island Art Days this […]