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Three missing boaters were fixtures at Boca Grande houses
Longtime employees, friends, rally to cause of lost fathers
Three of the four men lost off the coast near Venice in an a…
Cape Haze at nexus of American sawfish revival
We reside in a sawfish aquarium, Charlotte Harbor. It’s Jurassic Park, and you don’t have to visit Universal Orlando.
La…
SW Florida Fishing: Warm up to come…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The weather has been chilly but sunny this week in Boca Grande and the fishing has started to h…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: A banker with most interest in his Faith
Money and ministry go hand-in-hand for Larry Hannah. His efforts hav…
Obituary: Denee Peyton, 1985-2024
Friends and family of the late Denee Peyton, who worked as a clerk a…
Like looking into the sun with the Geographic
Sixty years ago, the National Geographic came to Florida. The magazine devoted over 50 pages to this state, in a major feat…
GUEST ESSAY: Memories of my first days in 1970s Boca Grande
BY K.Y. FUTCH
When I first started my secretarial business, I had to use the typewriter at Capt. Charlie Wheeler’s home…
History Bytes: Leslie Porter Joiner on ‘Effie’
Memories of Effie Sapp Joiner, 1900-96
Artist Leslie Porter Joiner shared stories about Effie Sapp Joiner at a talk at t…
Briefly: Wildflower open house
Lemon Bay Conservancy will host its annual open house from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24. The free event will be…
Registration is on for Bike Path Parade
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club invites residents to celebrate on Saturday, March 9 by joining them at the annual Bike Path Pa…