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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Coffee With a Scientist

This week Mote Marine Laboratories wrapped up its 2023 Coffee with a Scientist series of presentations at the Boca Grande…

Cell tower update from Boca Grande Cell Tower Committee

Submitted by the Boca Grande Cell Tower Committee The current providers of cellular services have begun the promised a…
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The ‘Tiny Tarpon Tamer’ has been taken from us

Elsie Bracken:  1933 – 2023 The one man who could tame Elsie Bracken, has done so. God took her on April 15, 2…
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OBITUARY: Elsie Bracken

Elsie Selden Bracken, 90, died April 15, 2023, peacefully at home …

BGHPB hosts special presentation at monthly meeting about proposal to demo two Gilchrist structures

The April meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board, …

What exactly is the ‘Whispering Bench?

There’s a lot of speculation about a structural “folly” along The Promenade, located behind 161 Gilchrist Ave., called “T…

Eat the food, hear the message

‘Kelp’ dinner includes lobster, oysters, red snapper and more As a young fisherman, Bren Smith spent years working long…
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Follow-up to last week’s PanCan Walk article …

The Boca Grande PurpleStride PanCan walk to raise funds for research and treatment of pancreatic cancer that we wrote abo…

Development threats to Warm Mineral Springs draws angry crowd

More than 100 angry people showed up for the North Port City Commission meeting earlier this week to object to what they …

Better Shot program raises $70K for local youth scholarships 

Helping the youth of our community. That’s the goal of the Lemon Bay Golf Club’s “A Better Shot” program. Golf is the veh…