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Locals gather at St. Andrew’s for year ‘rounders’ fellowship

At 5:30 p.m., every other Sunday during the summer, residents who live on island year-round get together to see familiar fa…
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First boat sinking in recent years just off Causeway

A power boat sank just off the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority swing bridge on Saturday, from a reported collision. L…

More parking letters

Hudson’s Grocery, lunch at Temp part of daily island visits To the Editor: We have been vacationing on the island sin…

New Allegiant routes to Savannah and N.H.

A llegiant Travel Company, the airline with a hub in Punta Gorda…
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FEMA will maintain flood insurance discount in unincorporated Lee County

Lee County was notified Friday, July 19, that FEMA will maintain uni…
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Fust Library “Secret Garden” mural completed

Artist Larry Anderson has just finished the last part of a mural for the children’s section in the Johann Fust Library logg…
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Firm two-hour limit in draft parking docs in Public Records request

A “maximum duration of two hours.” That would be the time limit for metered parking in Boca Grande in a draft code cha…
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Turtle report: Thought it was false crawl, turned out to be bona fide!

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY  When people learn that I volunteer with BGSTA’s Turtle Patrol, so many of them say how…
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Analysis: Marine heritage, Little Gasparilla access important for Eldred’s

The big story on our local waterfront currently is the pending Eldred’s Marina sale. Whether this deal goes through or not…
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The Grand Old Lady: Remembering the Boca Grande Hotel, 1930-72

BY JAMES BLAHA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY On February 10, 1930, the following article appeared in the Fort Myers Ne…