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This is your last week to vote for the Fust Library!
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This is your last chance to make the Fust famous, as voting in the American Institute for Architects and th…
Port Charlotte youth drowns at south end of island while visiting with church group
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A 15-year-old boy visiting Boca Grande with his church youth group drowned on Saturday, July 15 at 5:32 p.m…
Two lives saved from drowning at south end, thanks to human chain … and a pool noodle and shell sifter
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Theresa Wise’s simple shark’s tooth hunting expedition on Wednesday, July 12 at the south end of the i…
Capt. Wayne wins again in Ladies Draw
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Eight tarpon were released in the 2017 Ladies M…
Len and Bev say good-bye to The Palmetto Inn, plan to move to Cape Haze
■ BY SUE ERWIN
Islanders Beverly Furtado and Len Tatko will soon bi…
Gasparilla Island sea turtle update: Those babies are movin’ toward the Gulf!
■ BY SUE ERWIN
We’re three months into nesting season, and many baby sea turtles have been making their way to the shoreli…
Profile Beverly Furtado
■ BY SUE ERWIN
Beverly Furtado was first introduced to Boca Grande 38 years ago, when she was vacationing with her late hu…
Obituary Jay Niles
John “Jay” Cutler Niles, of Marblehead, Mass. and Woodstock, Vt., passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, July 9, 2017 w…
Do we need more signage at our southern beach access points?
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
The time has come to start a new discussion on more specific signage at our southern beach access poin…
Fust Library named as one of 25 favorite Florida buildings
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This is your chance, as the American Institute for Architects and the Florida…