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More indicators of booming economic recovery
Shown in the two accompanying charts, mid-year tourist tax collections for Lee County (through March) have already surpasse…
Anglers and artists make for a great combination during Tarpon Festival Weekend in downtown Boca Grande
BY CARROLL SWAYZE
Excitement is brewing as anglers and artists alike prepare for the 2015 Tarpon Festival in downtown B…
Obituary: Virginia Jeane Wilber
Virginia Jeane “Shay” Wilber, born in Albany, N.Y. on October 7, 1979 to the parents of Mr. and Mrs. David F. Wilber III, d…
Profile: The new minister in town, Matthew Williams
BY JACK SHORT
Sometimes it takes a few knocks at the door before…
BGIPOA and 5F sued over settlement agreement
Twenty five years of dispute seemed to have been put aside — at lea…
Studying tarpon with … balloons?
BY JACK SHORT
Scientists from the Florida Institute of Technology hope everyone fishing the pass next week won’t be alar…
Observers needed for World’s Richest
BY LEW HASTINGS
In case you were wondering what those beautiful tarpon posters all around town are, they are there to le…
Agreement between BGI and TSI reached
BY JACK SHORT
A court ordered mediation has resolved 25 years of dispute between property owners on Three Sisters Island…
A trip to Belize to study tarpon … are you in?
BY ADAM MARTON, THE FIELDWORKERS CLUB
This August a small group of anglers from all over the USA will be traveling to th…
Have some fun and help out a local captain by fishing the ‘Tito’
One of Boca Grande’s charter captains, Capt. Jimmy Robertson, is in need of some good energy and prayers from the community…