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Englewood Sailing Association offers camps 

The Englewood Sailing Association is offering three summer camps for kids ages 8 to 17 for the summer of 2024. Each camp…
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Lighthouse Methodist gift for Kids

The Englewood charity Kids Needs received a generous donation of $15,000 from the Lighthouse UMC Strawberry Festival. Pictu…
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Banyan Street seems to recover after April caterpillar feast

Caterpillars earlier this month denuded many of the leaves of the historic banyan trees on Banyan Street, thought it appear…

Vietnam-era PT boat makes nice profile in Gasparilla visit

Heading to Alabama; left island Wednesday The surprise visit of o…
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First day of World’s Richest tarpon results

For the first day of the 2024 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament “Bla…
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Yacht named for New Jersey Turnpike exit has rocky time

Locals have alerted the Boca Beacon to a number of possibly derelict boats off of Gasparilla Island. In recent weeks, at th…
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Help with abandoned boats from Florida Fish & Wildlife

The state of Florida has a robust program for derelict boats. During recent hurricanes, there were hundreds of boats in…
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SW Florida Fishing: Tarpon, anglers and tourneys

BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN Tarpon season continues in full swing. There are thousands of tarpon around right now and you can…
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EcoWatch: What shade of green do you prefer?

“As crude a weapon as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life – a fabric on th…

Suncoast Humane Tour 

Happy VanBeuren and Cotton Hanley visited the Suncoast Humane Society in Englewood for a tour of the new campus which is un…