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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Island resident thanks BGHPB for Gilchrist Avenue decision

To the Editor: It was nice to know that five rows of legal representatives and assorted experts did not carry the day on…
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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 C…

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 act…
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The ‘Tiny Tarpon Tamer’ has been taken from us

Elsie Bracken:  1933 – 2023 The one man who could tame El…
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OBITUARY: Elsie Bracken

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

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

The April meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board, held on April 12, was far from being a simple one well in…

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 “The…

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 s…
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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 about…

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 se…