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This Date in 1999: Boca Grande decides against incorporation

FIVE YEARS AGO, 2019 The Vasher, Simmons, Dowgiallo, Stockdale and Tincher families enjoyed the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers…
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EcoWatch: Still time to add a New Years resolution for 2024

“A Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Forest are the lungs of our lands, purifying the air of our land and givi…
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Reflections on another good year at the Boca Grande Clinic 

By Mark Driscoll, CEO Boca Grande Health Clinic For most people, healthcare is something you only think about when you a…
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Historic Port Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum set to reopen after Hurricane Ian restoration

The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum, a cherished local land…
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The Island School earns A, and 100 in math

The Island School has earned an A for the sixth time in a row in the…
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Sawfish expert is launch speaker for new marine biology series

A new marine ecology education series will feature independent researchers on marine biology issues critical to Cape Haze a…

Charlotte Appraiser reminder for business, rental owners

The Charlotte County Property Appraiser reminds business and rental property owners the deadline for filing the 2024 Tangib…
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Bishop Doug Scharf to visit Boca Grande, St. Andrew’s this Sunday

The Rt. Rev. Douglass Scharf, the Bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, will visit St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on S…
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We’re in a pickleball here on Gasparilla Island

This week, Lee County voted to turn one of the two tennis courts on Wheeler Road into four pickleball courts. The case shou…
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Reflecting on the Naples-ization of the Boca Grande landscape

By JIM COCHRUN, GUEST EDITORIAL I grew up in Naples in the early ’50s. In those years, Naples was a small, tranquil and…