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Cooper resigns from GIBA

19 April 2013 Last Updated on 19 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

BY LIZA STROUT - At an emergency meeting on April 19, it was announced that Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Executive Director James Cooper had resigned on Wednesday, April 17. The resignation was effective immediately, citing "personal reasons."

Fourteen-year GIBA veteran and Accounting Manager Kathy Banson-Verrico was voted unanimously by the board to fill the post of interim director. See Friday's Beacon for more details.

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'All we can do is keep running' - one Boca Grande runner's personal account of the Boston Marathon bombing

19 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

BY MARCY SHORTUSE - A mis-scheduled SCUBA class might be one of the best things that ever happened to Gary Allen.

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The future’s looking good for tarpon: FWC decides to pursue catch-and-release, gear discussions

19 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

BY MARCY SHORTUSE - Several Boca Grande fishermen and environmental spokespeople from Boca Grande came together in Tallahassee on Wednesday, April 17 to hear an announcement that gave them hope: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission unanimously voted to move forward with a proposal to make tarpon catch-and-release only.

Dr. Wright honored by new book

19 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

BY MARCY SHORTUSE - For the last 40 years, a kindly smile and twinkling eyes have met with patient, after patient, after patient on the island. Dr. Henry Livingston Wright has been a huge part of the heart and soul behind the Boca Grande Health Clinic, and he is now the subject of a new book, to be released in September.

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Two boats collide in Bull Bay: FWC investigation into injury accident still pending

19 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

BY LIZA STROUT - When Lt. Jeff Corkhill received a report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Friday, April 12 that there had been a boating accident in the shallow water of Bull Bay, he sprang into action.

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Lighthouse Day, Civil War week, Bag Day on this week’s schedule

19 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

Governor Rick Scott has declared Saturday, April 20, 2013, to be Florida Lighthouse Day. The Historic Port Boca Grande Lighthouse and Museum will be celebrating the event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with arts, crafts and activities for kids, gifts, cake and drinks for everyone.