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Due process for all is good, but what about this slippery slope?
To the Editor: There’s been a lot of news in the past few weeks. I would like to throw in my two cents. Anyone who thought t…
Demolition has begun at GICIA Preserve
■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is extremely pleased to repo…
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 l…
Republican Club golf outing planned for July 23
■ BY SUE ERWIN The West Charlotte County Republican Club is planning its 8th annual golf outing on Saturday, July 23 at Lemo…
Fourth of July leaves mess behind on local beaches; sea turtle volunteers needed
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported the latest numbers for sea turtle nests on Friday, July 1, 20…
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…