July 31, 2020 16:53July 31, 2020 17:29June 9, 2020 16:36May 21, 2020 16:54May 18, 2020 10:41April 23, 2020 15:33May 10, 2020 10:43February 12, 2020 16:18May 10, 2020 10:46May 10, 2020 10:47May 10, 2020 10:47December 3, 2019 17:10December 4, 2019 12:43December 4, 2019 12:45December 4, 2019 12:48December 4, 2019 12:46December 4, 2019 12:40May 10, 2020 10:49December 4, 2019 12:39December 4, 2019 12:49

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She Sure Knows The Seashore She may not sell seashells by the seashore, but Brenda Bossman is the one to see if you’re interested in Southwest Florida’s shore life. She’s an independent consultant who, for years now, has worked with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Charlotte County, Lee County and others to help save our Florida shorebirds and sea turtles.  Wednesday, July 1, 2020 click to read more

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This Gal Has Done It All Englewood resident Debbie Maysack has had a lot on her plate pretty much all of her life, and I’m not talking about food. But read on and judge for yourself...   Friday, June 19, 2020 click to read more

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This Gal Has Had A Moving Career Kristine Sedra was and is a travelin’ gal, to put it mildly. In her 24 years as a professional caregiver, she has, by her count, “worked in 37 emergency departments in 12 states.”  Thursday, June 4, 2020 click to read more

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He’s ‘One In A Million’ Hank Irvine is pretty well known in this neck of the woods…and elsewhere, too. You can look him up on Wikipedia for evidence if you like. As a tennis player he ranked No. 1 in his country for a couple of years, played at Wimbledon three times and represented his countrymen in two Davis Cups.  Thursday, May 21, 2020 click to read more

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He Could Be Called A ‘Guardian Angel’ At age 70 and retired, Greg Foust defines his life perhaps a bit more by what he’s doing now than what he did in a very successful career. And what he’s doing now is serving as a Guardian and volunteer in the Honor Flight Network... Friday, May 8, 2020 click to read more

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From A Pauper To A President If you like Horatio Alger stories, Englewood’s Robert J. (“Bob”) Turner is a classic for you. He was born in 1940, when the Great Depression was still ravishing the world’s economies, and Germany and Japan were devastating Europe and the Far East... Wednesday, April 22, 2020 click to read more

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She faced tough odds and came out on top “I had a good childhood,” says Nancy Weaver. Some would say it was idyllic: brought up in a pleasant neighborhood in Minneapolis. Dad a corporate exec with General Mills, Mom at home taking care of their four kids. A close family, three girls and a boy. Summers spent camping, swimming and bicycling... Tuesday, April 14, 2020 click to read more

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Where ‘The Dogs Are In Charge’ If Allan and Pamela Schildknecht say something to you about dogs, you’d better listen, because they know from experience what they’re talking about. During the 40 years of their marriage they’ve shared their house with over 160 dogs–fortunately, not all at the same time... Friday, November 22, 2019 click to read more

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The Travel Guy You could say that Dick Dunham has been a world traveler since the day he was born. His dad, Lt. Colonel Richard Weston Dunham Sr., was a 29-year career officer in the U.S. Air Force, and he moved around a lot, toting his family with him... Thursday, October 24, 2019 click to read more

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There's A Maven In Our Haven Though he probably hasn’t thought about it that way, Englewood’s Rich Entlich has been a problem solver pretty much all of his life... Math was his strong suit through grade school and high school, and everyone knows math is all about solving problems: word problems, numerical problems, equations, even “theories of everything” to explain our universe and how we got here... Thursday, October 10, 2019 click to read more

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She’s ‘where the magic happens' Jean O’Neil first came to Englewood during the summer after her graduation from Keene State College. Newly equipped with a degree in education and certified in art and English, she landed her first job … as a cocktail waitress... Friday, September 13, 2019 click to read more

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SEPTEMBER 11: A time to forget?  Everybody remembers where they were on September 11, 2001...  Englewood’s JoAnn Siciliano certainly remembers, because she was there. And for her, it’s a merciful day even now when she can repress her memories of that fateful event... Monday, September 2, 2019 click to read more

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An angel on his shoulder At age 96, Englewood’s Arthur Nicholas is one of a dwindling number of survivors of the “Greatest Generation” that endured the travails of the Great Depression and the even greater hardships of World War II... Wednesday, August 14, 2019 click to read more

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She’s ‘hearing the call, Englewood’ Noel Crosby had more than her share of problems growing up: a parental divorce “at a time when no one got divorced,” as she puts it, problems with a speech defect, low self-esteem, difficulty in school and a wrenching relocation from her Manchester, N.H. home... Wednesday, July 31, 2019 click to read more

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The ‘King of Cans’ Juergen Kroos is already noticeable in his neighborhood. On his 140-ft. by 100-ft. residential lot in Englewood Isles, he grows over 40 different fruits and vegetables, and he gives many of them away to friends and neighbors. Want some oranges, passion fruit, papayas, lemons, limes, plums, strawberries, pineapple, persimmon or bananas? He’ll get you a few... Thursday, July 18, 2019 click to read more

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He went from wine to water Englewood’s Kenn Visser pretty much by accident found himself in the businesses of growing fine wines and making pure water... Tuesday, July 2, 2019 click to read more

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The man with the Midas touch Although he’s now a wealthy man, Derek Pullen’s “West End” accent betrays his growing-up years in a tough urban neighborhood: Aldershot, England, a small city of about 35,000 people, 30 miles southwest of London, that is famed as “The Home of the British Army.” Friday, June 21, 2019 click to read more

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She Could Have Been A Comedienne Acually, Judy Moore is something of a comedienne, very quick with one-liners and full of funny stories... Thursday, June 6, 2019 click to read more

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Not Your Typical Neighbor How many guys do you know who have installed a zipline to their backyard pool and regularly run their grandkids through a Ranger School obstacle course? ... Wednesday, May 22, 2019 click to read more

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Horatio Alger should have written his story... Yes, America’s famed “rags to riches” novelist, who wrote a great many novels about young men of poor origins who made good by dint of hard work, could have written one of them about Englewood’s Larry Sargent. Really? Hear me out. Wednesday, May 8, 2019 click to read more