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Lacerations, accident, water rescue featured this week in police and fire news
■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande Fire Department and Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to several calls in the past week. At…
Obituary: Arthur Bryan Jaeggi
Arthur Bryan Jaeggi, 74, of Englewood, Florida passed away Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 at Tidewell Hospice. Born on November 20…
Profile: Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
■ BY SUE ERWIN Kathryn (Kathy) Sullivan, retired NASA astronaut and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosp…
Red tide report …
In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at ba…
No one wants to wake up in the morgue
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE As many of you know, we had a rather unusual situ…
A Thanksgiving ‘thanks’ for the grub
To the Editor: Many thanks to the iguana trapper, George Cera, and his family for providing a delicious meal to the on-duty…
We’re Christmas Walking, we’re Boca Bargaining, we’re iguana meetin’ …
■ STAFF REPORT The Christmas Walk is right around the corner on Saturday, Nov. 30 from 5 to 8 p.m. Join the Boca Grande Area…
Road update from GIWA
■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Water Association has been removing and replacing the sanitary sewer, laying new pipeli…
Homeless, Part I: It could happen to the best of us … any of us
■ BY JILL-ANNE BEARY The following story is Part One of a series regarding the Charlotte and Lee County homeless population…
BIPS announces new speaker series, Lighthouse lighting
■ STAFF REPORT The Barrier Island Parks Society announced today their plans for a new speaker series called, “BIPS 4 BIPS.”…