On Sunday, June 7, Charlotte County marine units were called to the Boca Grande Sandbar after a report that a 9-year-old girl sustained a puncture wound to her foot from a stingray barb while she was “near the railroad trestles.” Ashley Turner, publi…

With 22 boats and perfect weather, the Red Gill turned out well as entrants fished in a hard outgoing tide just in front of the moon. “It was enough fish to be competitive and have everybody in it to the last second,” said organizer Capt. William Wood…

During an almost four-hour meeting, a majority of the Boca Grande Parking Committee voted 8-4 to allow for a seasonal relaxation of parking restrictions in three-hour parking areas downtown. But because of the way the committee is structured, that recomm…