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How the island’s Sea Turtle volunteers work with Florida data

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY The sea turtle nesting season is now in its 11th week on Gasparilla Island, nearly halfw…
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History: Service and civic clubs often come the rescue

What happened to Kiwanis on island? BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER The Boca Grande Woman’s C…
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Business & Real Estate: The Gasparilla Inn cited as top Florida resort

The Gasparilla Inn earned a World’s Best Award from Travel + Leisure. It had not made the list since 2021. It had a reader…

Hudson elected to Foundation board

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s Board of Directors rec…

Boca Grande Fire Department: Meet the rest of the fleet

The second newest addition to the BGFD fleet, after the new Silver K…
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Reel crime: Damficare robbers take boat tackle

On Saturday, July 12, Deputy David Scozzafava of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to Damficare Street in reference…
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Barrier Island Parks sets date of Light Keeper’s Open tournament

Barrier Island Parks Society has set the date for the return of the Light Keeper’s Open, a charity golf tournament taking p…
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New AI skin cancer detection device used at Boca Grande Health Clinic

Skin cancer is one of the most common – and treatable – types of cancer when detected early. To promote early detection, th…
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The Island School, Ainger score ‘A’ on state tests

Schools of excellence The Island School has earned an A for the eighth time in a row in the annual Florida Department of…
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New Silver King at the Fire Department 

This week, there were two Silver King engines at the Boca Grande Fire Department, the old one, waiting transport off island…