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Mid-year check-in on real estate trends
Real estate enters slow season with high values
As the season winds down and the summer real estate quiet begins, broker…
Retailers fear more parking restrictions will drive away customers
Amid the parking discussion that is once again dominating Boca Grande, many in the commercial district are concerned about…
Boca Blue wins Kids Classic
Above, Bob Melvin releases one of Boca Blue’s three tarpon last Saturday afternoon in the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Ta…
Letters: Parking regulations
How will parking proposal affect town residents?
To the Editor…
Fishery management or is it mismanagement?
First, I want to explain that fishery management is an impossible jo…
Quiet Gilchrist, but overflowing Gasparilla Island State Park
This weekend on Gasparilla Island was not a major holiday, just a plain old summer weekend. The weather was clear, and visi…
Robert Schoenfeld 1935-2024
Robert ‘Bob’ Schoenfeld, 89 of Maineville, passed away on May 8, 2024. Born to Clarence and Rosalyn (nee Goetzke) Schoenfel…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Six generations in Boca Grande, Caro Onofrio
Usually, getting sick or injured is a pain – in more ways than one. In Boca Grande, though, it is made less so because of t…
It really was a ‘howling time’ at the Howl at the Moon
■ BY BETSY JOINER
Saturday night the winds were “Howling” out of the east for the ‘Howl At The Moon’ Tarpon Tournament…
SW Florida Fishing: June starting out hot on the water
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The tarpon fishing has been great throughout May and into June. There have been lots of fish be…