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Boca Blue wins World’s Richest!
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE A rough patch of weather and an iffy tide may have slightly slowed the fishing for the 2019 World’s Ric…
Beach renourishment moving along – Never mind the occasional pink water
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Beach renourishment is almost complete in the Histric District area, with only a few odds and ends to ti…
More details of GICIA v. Damfiwill made available
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE More information has come to light regarding the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Associat…
Change is coming at the Pink Pony: Introducing Tortuga!
■ STAFF REPORT As of Tuesday, June 18, 2019 the Pink Pony will be off…
Hanafee resigns from Historic Preservation Board
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved a…
Turtle nests relocated due to beach work
■ BY SUE ERWIN Due to the current beach renourishment project, Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol members have reloca…
Profile: Ozzie Lessinger
■ BY SUE ERWIN Ozzie Lessinger learned to fish before he could walk. His father, an avid fisherman, put 6-month-old Ozzie in…
Obituary: Don Terrell Sayer
Don Terrell Sayer passed away Thursday, June 6, 2019 at Heritage Assisted Living and Memory Care in Placida. Don was born Ma…
It takes a lot of hard-working people to make the GIKC as successful as it is
To the Editor: What a great year for the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament. Records were broken with 81 tarpo…
Boca Blue takes top honors in World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament!
Here are your 2019 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament winners!
Hey, Moma! with Capt. Wayne Joiner took the $12,500 prize for…