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Citizens silently redeem local beaches, waterways by removing dead fish
■ BY SUE ERWIN A group of heroic residents stepped up over the weekend to remove the piles of dead fish from island beaches…
Obituary John Dean Compton
John Dean Compton of North Port, Fla. passed away June 25, 2018 surrounded by his family. He died of natural causes after a…
Profile Amira Fox
■BY MARCY SHORTUSE When Amira Fox turns onto the Boca Grande Causeway, she feels a sense of relief come over her that is wel…
Try not to shoot the messenger, please
■BY MARCY SHORTUSE Since the recent mass shooting at a newspaper offi…
July 4th parade set for 10 a.m.
■ STAFF REPORT
The 2018 4th of July Bike Parade that has made the isl…
Boca Grande Dead Fish Disposal
From Friday, June 29 to Monday, July 2 residents can use the dumpster that will be located at the west end of 7th Street in…
Research shows bad blooms back to the 1800s, so the question is … Are we really feeding the red monster?
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Hype on social media and on local television news channels continues regarding our red tide bloom, and i…
Red tide from a Mote scientist’s perspective
■ BY SUE ERWIN Coughing and sneezing due to red tide is annoying enough … but as dead fish piled up on island beaches this w…
GIBA discusses petition to change name of Causeway
■ STAFF REPORT At the quarterly meeting of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority held on Wednesday, June 27, it was discuss…
Sea turtle hatchlings due any day, but will they survive red tide?
■ BY SUE ERWIN So far this season, there are far fewer sea turtle nests on Gasparilla Island when compared to last year. The…