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Temp cocktail sign unshaken by storm

A celebratory reinstallation of The Temptation sign on Park Avenue on Tuesday. From left, co-owners Jeffrey Simmons, Andy D…
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Bridge reviews long list of repairs at Engineering Committee meetup

In a long-term list of things that needed to be fixed after double hurricanes, the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority had s…
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Storm debris update, back to residential cleanup

Lee County surpassed the 200,000 cubic-yards-collected milestone for vegetative and construction debris in unincorporated a…
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Boca Grande street repairs begin in December across island

Long list of fixes Work to repair washed out roads on Gasparilla…
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Opening the town continues … 

Nikki from The Pink Pony is setting up the Pink Pony ice cream cart…

Margaret Flynn 1921-2024

Margaret Mary (Marge) Loviner Flynn, 102, of Hudson, Ohio died peacefully on November 20, 2024, one month shy of her 103rd…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Our staff writer Sheila Evans tells of being thankful after storms

Sometimes thankfulness comes easily. Other times it is harder to see the blessings, especially when they come wrapped in tr…

Can we at least take the sheets off?

On Gilchrist (and across the island), the dumping is quite regular. As soon as contractors get what is in the middle, it se…
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Out-of-date data and a disconnected state affects our fisheries’ management

Wasting grouper stocks with discards In my lifetime of fishing, I could never have considered the challenges we face tod…

Salvaging something out of the destruction of two hurricanes

We are all dealing with individual, life-changing events, not one but two devastating hurricanes flooding us so close toget…