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Placida paving project to continue through 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve commuted to Englewood from the island recently, you’ve certainly noticed it’s taking more time th…
Profile: Travis Joiner
■ BY SUE ERWIN If he isn’t taking a group of anglers out to fish, heading out crabbin’ with his family or serving as firs…
Memorial Day weekend marine life reminder
■ SUBMITTED BY MOTE MARINE LABORATORY & AQUARIUM The sun is out, the weather is warm, and it is the perfect time of ye…
We’re a pretty preppy place, I guess … does that mean we have to wear shoes?
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – According to Town&Country Magazine, Boca Gr…
OBITUARY: Lowell Emerson Bell
Lowell Emerson Bell, 82, of Wade, N.C., a Boca Grande native, passe…
New book announced by BGHS
To the Editor: Announcing a new book available at the Boca Grande History Center, 170 Park Avenue on the corner of Park &a…
Our sweet Miss Dee: 1941-2017
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If Louise du Pont Crowninshield could be called “the fairy godmother of Boca Grande,” Dee Wheeler coul…
Catching quicksilver in the 2017 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The seas were rockin’ and rollin’ for the 2017 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament (and there may have been a…
The Colonel came to catch some tarpon
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Capt. Mark Futch has taken a lot of people out fishing lately … a whole lot … but one client earlier t…
Local captain laid up, funds being raised to help his family along
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Capt. Jackie Bylaska, a Boca Grande boy from way back, needs a little help from our close-knit island …