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Less lights, less steak might make the Difference
To the Editor: When I saw other people write articles on global warming I was super-excited, because I now know that there a…
Coming soon to the BGCC: one new sunshade
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Work has begun on the new outdoor stage at the Boca Grande Community Center, and the project, which will…
Attention voters: Don’t forget to request your ballot!
■ BY SUE ERWIN The countdown is on for the August primary election, and this is a reminder for Lee County and Charlotte Coun…
New reef to be built in honor of Pace Taylor
■ BY SUE ERWIN Pace Ervin Taylor was a 19-year-old, fun-loving, free…
Trash containers full and it’s only Monday? There’s a fix for that
■ STAFF REPORT Nothing spoils your happy vacation mood like arriving…
More hatchlings arrive, two juvenile strandings released
■ BY SUE ERWIN Sea turtle nests are continuing to hatch at a fast rate on the island, and more than 80 new nests have been r…
Endangered turtle released after recovering from fishing gear entanglement
■ STAFF REPORT Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital staff released a subadult Kemp’s ridley turtle on…
Lemon Bay Touchdown Club fishing tournament scheduled for August 3, 4
■ STAFF REPORT The Lemon Bay Touchdown Club’s seventh annual fishing tournament is set for Saturday, Aug. 4 at Boca Grande M…
Robert and all the other Johnsons
■ BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Robert Johnson is the historian of the Boca Grande Historical Society, a group in wh…
Fire in the night consumes five acres
■ On the evening of Tuesday, July 17 approximately five acres of woods on the mainland off Gasparilla Road burned, with the…