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Time marches on at the Fishery property …

Tuesday, July 18 was the beginning of the end for two pieces of Cape Haze Peninsula’s history. The former home of Mike Schw…
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The saga of ‘The Forgotten Ones’ at Gasparilla Mobile Estates continues …

More developments have unfolded in the Gasparilla Mobile Estates controversy and they are just as strange as the ones that…
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$3.8 million restoration contract signed for Lighthouse

This week, Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) signed a contract to complete repairs at the Port Boca Gr…
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Fall debut scheduled for Temp sign

Did you really think it wouldn’t be back? Ha ha, ho ho, hee hee, you…
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Saying goodbye to a Boca Beacon staple: Hortoons by Dave Horton

Quite often, a good laugh is all anyone needs. Those who can provide…
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Gasparilla Pines Pathway to connect two Cape Haze preserves

A new sidewalk and drainage program on Cape Haze will connect the Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve a…
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Rare whale shark visit off Sarasota coast reveals this kindler, gentler shark is in local waters more often than one thinks

Whale sharks just aren’t something you see every day, even in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico in our area. But th…
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The Baptists are back at home!

Boca Grande’s Baptist community celebrated in grande style as the congregation returned to its own church building July 16…
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Effie Joiner

Author George Bernard Shaw famously claimed youth was wasted on the young. Apparently, he never met Effie Joiner, because s…
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