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If you’re wishin’ to go fishin’ …
■ STAFF REPORT Grab your fishing pole and tackle box and come join the family fun at our youth fishing tournament on Saturda…
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
The Gasparilla Island Act: Part III Measuring buildings and making amendments
■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of ar…
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Chase Taylor doing well after foul ball accident, meets Tebow
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Chase Taylor is a very lucky little boy. After be…
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Profile Mitch Smith
■ BY SUE ERWIN Mitch Smith recalls spending the summer months of his youth at day camp at the Boca Grande Community Center…
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Never forget that Texas could have been us
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This week many of us watched in horror as Hurricane Harvey turned into a nasty houseguest who wouldn’t l…
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
Make Boca Grande quiet again … redux
To the Editor: Thanks for all the verbal support received concerning leafblower noise and health hazards. Remember … if da…
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
A smooth surface: GICIA bike path resurfacing has begun
■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – It has been more than 30 years since the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Associati…
        
        
        
                
                
            
        
    
The Gasparilla Island Act: Part II Building in Boca, and a war of words over the island’s future
■ BY SUSAN HANAFEE Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles about the forces that have shaped development i…