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Lightkeeper’s Open Golf Tourney scheduled for October 17
The Barrier Island Parks Society will host The Lightkeeper’s Open, a Gasparilla Island Lighthouse charity golf outing, on Mo…
Hermine is history … Who’s up next?
■ Hurricane Hermine went from Invest to becoming a healthy storm in the Gulf of Mexico. As of press time she was churning he…
Rubio favored in primary in Boca Grande and state as well
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Precinct 18 at the Boca Grande Community Center logged approximately 70 voters in on August 30 primary…
Storm in Gulf, predators take toll on turtles
■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteers are repo…
Bench seat, chargers stolen from East Railroad business
■ STAFF REPORT A golf cart bench seat and four golf cart chargers wer…
Tribute fishing tournament to honor memory of Dylan Gonzalez
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE On June 19 of this year, Billy Pfannkuch’s life changed dramatically as he and his best friend, Dylan Go…
PROFILE: Chris Thompson
■ BY SUE ERWIN There is a new face at The Island School this year, and she’ll be providing an important resource for student…
Obituary: Carolyn Smith Frederick
Carolyn Smith Frederick died peacefully on August 30, while at her summer home of many years on Walloon Lake in Northern Mi…
EDITORIAL: Local just back from Standing Rock explains it all
■ BY LEW AUSTIN HASTINGS – Water. Water is the giver of life. Mni Wiconi in Lakota. Without water life ends. So it…
Storms are rolling across the water … are you ready?
With the first real storm threats of the season rolling across the ocean in our general direction, now is the time to make…