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Reflections on another good year at the Boca Grande Clinic 

By Mark Driscoll, CEO Boca Grande Health Clinic For most people, healthcare is something you only think about when you a…
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Historic Port Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum set to reopen after Hurricane Ian restoration

The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum, a cherished local landmark and the oldest structure on Gasparilla Island, is…
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The Island School earns A, and 100 in math

The Island School has earned an A for the sixth time in a row in the annual Florida Department of Education ranking.  Th…
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Sawfish expert is launch speaker for new marine biology series

A new marine ecology education series will feature independent resea…

Charlotte Appraiser reminder for business, rental owners

The Charlotte County Property Appraiser reminds business and rental…
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Bishop Doug Scharf to visit Boca Grande, St. Andrew’s this Sunday

The Rt. Rev. Douglass Scharf, the Bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, will visit St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on S…
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We’re in a pickleball here on Gasparilla Island

This week, Lee County voted to turn one of the two tennis courts on Wheeler Road into four pickleball courts. The case shou…
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Reflecting on the Naples-ization of the Boca Grande landscape

By JIM COCHRUN, GUEST EDITORIAL I grew up in Naples in the early ’50s. In those years, Naples was a small, tranquil and…

Gardening and literary instructor Marta McDowell visits Garden Club

On January 10, the members of the Boca Grande Garden Club welcomed Marta McDowell (Chatham, NJ), noted gardener, lecturer…
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Ask a Doc: Thyroid Awareness

By EMILY HALY, M.D. January is Thyroid Awareness Month, a time when the medical profession focuses attention onthat tiny…