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More indicators of booming economic recovery
Shown in the two accompanying charts, mid-year tourist tax collections for Lee County (through March) have already surpas…
Anglers and artists make for a great combination during Tarpon Festival Weekend in downtown Boca Grande
BY CARROLL SWAYZE – Excitement is brewing as anglers and artists alike prepare for the 2015 Tarpon Festival in downtown B…
Obituary: Virginia Jeane Wilber
Virginia Jeane “Shay” Wilber, born in Albany, N.Y. on October 7, 1979 to the parents of Mr. and Mrs. David F. Wilber III,…
Profile: The new minister in town, Matthew Williams
BY JACK SHORT – Sometimes it takes a few knocks at the door before…
BGIPOA and 5F sued over settlement agreement
Twenty five years of dispute seemed to have been put aside — at l…
Studying tarpon with … balloons?
BY JACK SHORT – Scientists from the Florida Institute of Technology hope everyone fishing the pass next week won’t be ala…
Observers needed for World’s Richest
BY LEW HASTINGS – In case you were wondering what those beautiful tarpon posters all around town are, they are there to l…
Agreement between BGI and TSI reached
BY JACK SHORT – A court ordered mediation has resolved 25 years of dispute between property owners on Three Sisters Islan…
A trip to Belize to study tarpon … are you in?
BY ADAM MARTON, THE FIELDWORKERS CLUB – This August a small group of anglers from all over the USA will be traveling to t…
Have some fun and help out a local captain by fishing the ‘Tito’
One of Boca Grande’s charter captains, Capt. Jimmy Robertson, is in need of some good energy and prayers from the communi…