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Profile Jeff Ash
■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve had a drink at the Boca Bay Pass Club bar over the past several years, you would most likely recogn…
Obituary Don ‘Postie’ Post
The family of Don “Postie” Post is profoundly sad to share the news that their husband, father, and grandfather died suddenl…
Obituary Buck Cole
Wayne Berten Cole (Buck) 84, of Placida Fla., went to his heavenly home on September 7, 2018. Wayne was born on December 12…
Obituary Arline Kraft Buettin
Arline Kraft Buettin, 91, of Naples, died Sunday morning, September 1…
Is it safe to eat local shellfish? It depends … Charlotte County Extention Service explains details
■ SUBMITTED BY BETTY STAUGLER UF/IFAS EXTENSION, CHARLOTTE COUNTY Thi…
Obituary: Mark Lee Futch
Mark Lee Futch, 63, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2018 in his home in Punta Gorda of a cardiac arrest. He was born in W…
Hudson’s Grocery closed starting Saturday
■ STAFF REPORT It’s that time of year again when you’ll find workers and residents, weapons in hand, scouring the land for s…
Bringing the Gilchrist median back to life
■ The median on Gilchrist Avenue from 5th Street to 1st Street has been completely replanted now and is looking very fine co…
Historic Preservation Board makes motion to continue conversation regarding Banyan Street demolition
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 12, and there was pl…
Red tide still rolls along Boca Grande beaches
■ STAFF REPORT A bloom of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists in Southwest Florida and extends from nort…