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SW Florida Fishing: Tarpon still around

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Lots of tarpon are still being caught in Boca Grande Pass, Little Gasparilla Pass, and out on…
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Turtle report: Please stop pulling up yellow stakes protecting nests

BY ARLENE HALL BGSTA SECRETARY  The most exciting part of turtle nesting season began last week, when hatchlings from …
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Van Hubbard: Memories of mackerel, and a trout show with Santa Claus 

Somewhere in the intense mid- ‘80s, I took videographer Gary Sullivan tarpon fishing. It was 1985 when I met Gary, aka Su…
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Seagrass survey volunteers needed by Sea Grant

A volunteer seagrass monitoring program through the University of …
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Keeping a father’s memory alive on Little Gasparilla

BY KRISTEN VARELA-SCHILD At my father’s memorial, I was a littl…
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Englewood Art Summer Market July 19-20

The Englewood Art Center, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design, is offering visitors and residents a chance t…
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New Gasparilla Island magazine on newstands

The July/August edition of Gasparilla Island Magazine is out with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages…
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Summer at the Boca Grande History Center

BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY The late Robert Fischer, author of “Boca Grande: Once A Railroad Town,” wrote th…
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Tarpon season roundup for 2024 season

This year’s tarpon season ended on a rainy note, with many female tarpon heading out of the Boca Grande Pass early to spa…
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New details on Community Center for Preservation Board

On Wednesday, July 10, the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet to discuss several proposed construction pla…