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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Another successful season of History Bytes is in the books
To The Editor: History Bytes – February 2020 All I can say is WOW!! The 2020 History Byte program has come and gone so quick…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many thanks for keeping us safe
To the Editor: A big thank you to the employers and clients who are paying us NOT to come do our jobs. We are scared, and wo…
OBITUARY: Bob Hayden
Our family is heartbroken to announce that we lost one of the greatest loves of our lives. Bob Hayden loved his family and h…
PROFILE: Gretchen Holla
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Boca Grande’s Englewood Bank has just hired a new…
‘To Go’ only: Florida Governor issues executive order closing all dining rooms in establishments on March 20
STAFF REPORT – Here is your to-go dining list for the island. An exec…
Editor’s Note: What a difference a week can make
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Last week in this same spot on the front page we had two cancellations in our social calendar, with a me…
A message from the Clinic: ‘It is time to put community above self’
BY DALY WALKER, MD – The Coronavirus is now moving explosively through the world’s human population. The latest scientific r…
COVID-19 and your tap water: It IS safe to drink
BY BONNIE PRINGLE – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that Americans continue to use, and drink tap water…
Beaches closed, Inn closed: Clinic warns, don’t ‘stick your head in the sand,’ COVID-19 could be here
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Effective Thursday, March 19 all Lee County and Gasparilla Island beaches are closed due to concerns reg…
EDITORIAL: A time to think, a time to plan
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Did you ever think things would get this crazy? Just a couple of weeks ago we were worried about things…