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Local teen almost serves up a trifecta of holes-in-one
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – You’ll want to remember the name Gabriella Vetter. She’s only a teenager now, but give her a few year…
Crawford takes top art honors, exhibits at YoungArts Invitational
Catrina Maria Crawford, granddaughter of Linda and Bob Edic from Boca Grande and daughter of Darlene Edic Crawford, recen…
Go to the beach? This survey’s for you
To the Editor: If you visit Florida’s beaches, your feedback can help Mote Marine Lab scientists enhance their real-time …
Come say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Guinness World Records’ Oldest Manatee at South Florida Museum
To the Editor: Snooty is an extra special Florida manatee who sets…
Obituary: Mary Louise Bowe
Mary Louise Bowe, 89, formerly of Boca Grande, died in Port Charlot…
Profile: Joshua Karl
BY JACK SHORT – Joshua Karl would have had to try pretty hard to end up in a place more different than Boca Grande. When …
All you need to know about Boca Grande’s 4th of July
This year, the 4th of July festivities will begin bright and early at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, as all participants in…
Minimum wake expansion proposed by Charlotte MAC
BY JACK SHORT – A proposed minimum-wake zone expansion that began as an effort by a small group of homeowners has passed …
Little information available about $1 million that would have gone to Gasparilla Island State Park
BY JACK SHORT – An item stricken from the 2015-2016 Florida budget that would have sent $1 million to the Gasparilla Isla…
Intrigue in Australia leads back to Florida and Boca Grande
BY JACK SHORT
Bill Caldwell remembers him as a straight-laced, hard-working fisherman, not as a smuggler and internati…