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Charlotte County increases area of no wake zone
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Charlotte County has determined that the “slow speed/no wake” zone in the area of Gasparilla Sound and t…
Gasparilla Inn & Club makes elite Travel & Leisure list
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Travel & Leisure magazine has put forth its list of the “world’s best,” and The Gasparilla Inn &…
July 4 ends with a bang
■ The Independence Day displays over Gasparilla Island were fantastic Monday night, as was the annual golf cart parade held…
Republican Club golf outing planned for July 23
■ BY SUE ERWIN The West Charlotte County Republican Club is planning…
Fourth of July leaves mess behind on local beaches; sea turtle volunteers needed
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported the la…
Port Charlotte man charged with battery at South Beach
■ STAFF REPORT A 49-year-old Port Charlotte man was charged with battery after Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested him in…
PROFILE: Gay Weisenthal
■ BY SUE ERWIN After decades of searching for shells on the beaches and at the sandbar in Boca Grande, Gay Weisenthal finall…
UK visitors receive not-so-friendly welcome to island
To the Editor: Hello to you. My husband, Mick and I have been coming to the Island for over the past seven years, We live in…
4th of July island fireworks
FIREWORKS OVER BOCA GRANDE MARINA: Monday, July 4 starting at 9:45 p.m.
In for a 4th of July cart parade? Let’s do this!
■ STAFF REPORT The annual 4th of July Cart Parade will convene on Monday, July 4 in the PJ’s Seagrille parking lot at 10:30…