Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
“If you smile when you see a Butterfly, you have happiness in your soul.” Diana Cooper, poet and author The beautiful Monarch butterfly has been in the news recently, not because of its beauty it provides to our gardens and to our lives, but to report the sad news that the iconic Monarch butterfly is […]
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Cousins Tate (19 months) and Ella Bowen (22 months) had a great time at the Johann Fust Library’s Family Story Time with Toni Vanover. Photo by Christine Bowen
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Door pried open On Saturday, Feb. 22, Lee County Deputy David Scozzafava was notified of a burglary at the Boca Bay maintenance building located at 901 Gulf Boulevard. According to an official police report, Deputy Scozzafava made contact with security supervisor for the Boca Bay Association. The supervisor was conducting a roving patrol of Boca […]
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Adeline Hyland, a young author from Chester County, Penn. with family in Boca Grande, will be at The Tide for a book signing on Saturday, March 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. Her new book is Second Start Farm. In her bio, she writes that she lives on the real Second Start Farm, where she […]
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Thursday afternoon, March 13, the Johann Fust Library Foundation held a publishing panel for attendees to hear from several authors and editors. Panel members included editors Rosemary Ahern and Nan Doyal, as well as authors Candice Shy Hooper and David Sparks. “The most important part of this process is the editing,” Doyal said, who moderated […]
Written by VAN HUBBARD on . Posted in Columns, Opinion, Sports & Outdoors.
Many things seem more challenging this year. We survived multiple hurricanes and most of us suffered damage, many severe. Red tides hang around threatening us, challenging us to work around minimum big-fish kills so far. So how can you construct a plan that increases your odds of fishing success? We have sophisticated tools that allow […]
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BY JAY WHIPPLE In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells the story of a wealthy man who lived in comfort while a poor man named Lazarus suffered just beyond his gates. Though the rich man ignored Lazarus in life, he later found himself in torment, realizing too late that his selfishness had consequences beyond what […]
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BY KATHY Y. FUTCH A few weeks ago, Delores Savas remembered special island people. I would like to add a few of the ladies who are memorable to me, in no particular order of importance. Watching Mrs. Junkin feed mullet every day at 5 p.m. on her front lawn at the water’s edge to the bald […]
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BY LAMAR TOOLE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On Wednesday, March 5, Jennifer Figge, floral designer and owner of Figge Floral Studio in the greater Boston area, shared her eclectic style of her art- and nature-inspired floral design with the Boca Grande Garden Club. She engaged the audience in lively conversation while creating two horizontal table arrangements […]
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The Princeton Fishing Team has once again returned to Boca Grande for their annual spring fishing trip. Their trip is a spring tradition that began about 35 years ago, and which continues to this day. For several weeks every year in February and March members of the team, which number about 20 ladies and gentlemen, […]