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Skip Perry’s work to be featured at ‘Photography as Art’ show

STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Camera Club’s annual “Photography as Art” show will be held at The Boca Grande Art Center this weekend – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – March 6 through 8. The show will kick...

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OBITUARY: George ‘Skip’ Perry

January 24, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

George “Skip” Perry was one in a million, the kindred spirit of kind souls, and he can never be replaced in the lives of his friends, his family, and this island. He passed away in a Sarasota hospital...

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Somebody out there needs some Karma

To the Editor: After reading about complaints filed against our downtown merchants, I have a couple of theories about the Grinch that wants to steal the magic from the village. Somebody’s Blue nose...

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OBITUARY: Victoria Kittredge

April 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
Obituaries

This is a story of Queen Victoria, her long and varied life, and her love for the Thief of Soul, a.k.a. Ms. Toad’s Wild Ride (though she was not a toad at all, but did like them). This is not...

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Beacon crew takes honors at FPA, FMA competitions

August 24, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 10 was a busy day for our staff as we took to the road to Orlando for the Florida Press Association Better Weekly Newspaper contest and the Florida Magazine Association Charley...

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It’s all well and good until a loop on the whale pants is missed

To the Editor: I have lived on this island for almost 35 years. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t reflect on what a great place Gasparilla Island is. I’ve studied its history, the story of...

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Be careful what you wish for

To the Editor: “All for one and one for all.” Funny, that seems to be the battle cry of people like me. But hey, I guess it’s the battle cry of anyone who takes a side on any issue. Now, I haven’t...

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Clean up on 13th Street, please …

To the Editor: I often wonder if some folks here ponder … Now that I have purchased a very expensive slice of paradise, how do I make sure that I can get a little more for free? On Gilchrist they...

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I Wonder …

To the Editor: The paranoid Boca Grande Society of Social Engineering strikes again, and this time its random target is tour buses. I wonder how much a school bus weighs. I wonder how much the blood...

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We need to honor the soul of the island

To the Editor: They say the seasons don’t change in Florida. Well I know summer’s over because the weeds on Gilchrist are dying and a lot of my neighbors are crying. Crying once again … not in...

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