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‘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 executive order by our governor has closed all dining rooms…
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) recomme…
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 G…
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…
PROFILE: Phil Hubbard
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – family, business, sports and nonprofit work in a partnership capacity was a way of life for Phil Hubbard…
Gasparilla Island county beaches are closed
Effective Thursday, March 19 all Lee County and Gasparilla Island beaches are closed due to concerns regarding COVID-19.
Thi…
Primary election results in for Gasparilla Island
The presidential primary results are in for both Lee and Charlotte County portions of Gasparilla Island. In Lee County the v…
Health Clinic says, ‘Don’t bury your head in the sand’: Inn has an interesting week in light of COVID-19 concern
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you don’t believe that COVID-19 is on the island, you should think again. That is the message the Boc…