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Mallet club will offer instructional clinics
To the Editor: The Gasparilla Mallet Club is holding weekly “get to know the game” sessions with free croquet instructional…
Halloween climb, bats, carnival and cake walk coming up
■ STAFF REPORT It will be a Halloween to remember this year, as there are a multitude of interesting – yet creepy – activiti…
Ernest the balancing bear is back at The Loose Caboose … and oh, what a tale he has to tell
■ BY BLANCHE VEDETTE Many people who have lived on island or visited long enough will remember Ernest the Unicycling Bear wh…
Placida boat ramp to be expanded
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Charlotte County Board of Commissioners had its re…
Port Charlotte man dead after boating accident off Three Sisters
■ STAFF REPORT On Sunday, Oct. 13 at approximately 11:30 a.m., the Fl…
Lee County: Sowing our wild sea oats to save the dunes from destruction
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE You may have noticed in the last few months that there are some new sea oats growing around some of the…
Mixing scripture and strength with the power of yoga
■ BY SUE ERWIN
There are more than 4,500 people across the world who are trained to teach Holy Yoga, and one of them practi…
Obituary: Richard S. Cuda
Richard Sebastian Cuda of Boca Grande and East Orleans, Mass. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Thursday…
Obituary: Ann ‘Nan’ McCarthy Vanden Bosch
Ann “Nan” McCarthy Vanden Bosch, 80, of Boca Grande and Winnetka IL passed away peacefully after a long illness on October 5…
Profile: Sarah Whitten-Grigsby
■ BY SUE ERWIN Rev. Sarah Whitten-Grigsby believes that even when a dog gets terminally ill, it doesn’t have to die alone an…