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Survey: Respondents against adding bridges to islands

Charlotte County Facilities Construction & Maintenance department has released survey results from local residents on…
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O.J. Simpson was Rotonda Superstar in 1975 

The death of O.J. Simpson on April 10 in Las Vegas brought back a time when the NFL star came to Rotonda for ABC’s The Su…
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Superstars: Locals remember O.J. and Hulk’s Lou Ferrigno

There was a week in February of 1975 that the late Orenthal James Simpson was king of Rotonda and Cape Haze. The event wa…
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Superstars: America’s great athletes assembled in Rotonda

The first Superstars was Feb. 19-20, 1973 and aired Feb. 25 over t…
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Remembering Rob Wells of Cabbage Key

Robert Wells Jr., the founder of the modern Cabbage Key and the Ta…
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Gaza aid worker caught his first fish here

Jacob Alexander Flickinger, a 33-year-old humanitarian food aid worker for the charity World Central Kitchen, was killed …

World Central aid worker called trustworthy mentor, guide

Quebec Parliament recognized his work BY LYNN SEIBERT The world lost a beautiful soul on April 1, 2024 when my belo…

Waiting for dinner …

Last year, Florida Power & Light placed an osprey platform at the south end of the island, near Belcher. This year, t…
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Captains founders visit to talk Clean Water at Eagle Grille

Captains for Clean Water held an event at Eagle Grille on Tuesday, April 16 to discuss the organization’s conservation wo…
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SW Florida Fishing: Snook, trout, reds oh my

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Snook have been the deal in the back country this week. Lots and lots of snook have been caug…