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A love for animals, including Chico the Monkey

Above, has Barbara looking as Chico checks Isabelle’s hair. BY KAREN GRACE Sam Whidden is remembered as a man who wh…
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Where Time Stands Still: A Century of Family, Fishing & Memories

BY BETSY JOINER Whidden’s Marina is the longest-running family-owned business on Gasparilla Island. Its story began with…
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Grandmother and grandson team up to write school mystery

What began as a writing project between a grandmother and her transgender grandson has become a published young adult myste…
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Where Boca Grande’s past remains, right here in the present 

World War I veteran created a legacy on Gasparilla Island Above…
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Why Whidden’s matters: The landscape of Florida’s seaside

A notable place is not just a physical building. It is a building co…
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The Birds of Southwest Florida exhibition opens at Edison and Ford Winter Estates

On September 1, The Birds of Southwest Florida exhibit will open in the Edison Caretaker’s House at the Edison and Ford Win…
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How can we help protect dolphins? Weekly wildlife roundup

Editor’s Note: This installment is part of a six-week series on local wildlife provided by the Barrier Island Parks Society…
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Business & Real Estate: Preservation Board meets on demo

The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Sept. 9 at the Auditorium of the Boca Grande Community…
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Causeway traffic down 8 percent

Above, work on toll lane 3, or the self scan lane, this week. GIBA photo The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Quarterl…
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Emergency group meets to prevent disaster 

A group of about 30 island community leaders and members met on Tuesday morning, Aug. 25, at the Boca Grande Fire Departmen…