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A fitting honor for a tremendous lady: Room in Community Center named after the late Dee Wheeler
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Thursday, May 20, a sign was quietly placed on the wall of one of the rooms of the Boca Grande Comm…
Have you seen the Clinic’s new website? It was designed just for you
BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO OF THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – Just a little over five months ago, we launched Boca Grande Healt…
Island School graduates to parade through town, Boca Grande Preschool graduates make a visit their new school
STAFF REPORT – On Thursday, June 17 everyone is welcome to celebrate graduating Island School students Bradford Boney Jr.,…
GICIA celebrates 50-year anniversary with restoration of walking path curbing
SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Imp…
Local first responders kept busy this Memorial Day weekend
STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Fire Department, Lee County EMS and …
Local woman who donated kidney gets to see how her gift of life saved a very grateful Clearwater man
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Last year we brought you the story of a South Gulf Cove woman, Jennifer Stanton, who had given the gif…
SPECIAL HEALTH SEGMENT: The quest for a good night’s sleep
“To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub …”
– Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
BY T MICHELE WALKER -Ah, that elu…
PROFILE: Deputy David Scozzafava
BY T MICHELE WALKER – If you find yourself in town and you see a new face in a Lee County Sheriff’s Office vehicle, make s…
A great gift for Father’s Day, a great choice for our water: Help us conquer the 1,000 Mini Reef challenge!
BY T MICHELE WALKER AND MARCY SHORTUSE – If you’re looking for a perfect Father’s Day gift sometimes the simplest things c…
As far as the NHR, our fate lies in the hand of the National Registry Keeper
BY SUSAN HANAFEE – A representative of Florida’s Department of State has conceded that the effort to list part of Boca Gra…