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5th Street parking lot looks a little different lately
■ STAFF REPORT You may have noticed some subtle changes to the 5th Street parking lot by The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. Oka…
Ground-breaking scientist could help save the planet: And he was here for Earth Day!
■ BY SUE ERWIN Ethan Edson, a marine scientist with Northeastern University, visited Boca Grande this week and coincidentall…
Profile: Margarita Santiago
■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve had dinner recently at Fusion – the island’s newest restaurant – you’ve likely witnessed Food and…
Obituary: William Martin
William “Bill” Martin, 83, of Boca Grande and Charlevoix, Mich., pass…
More than $35,000 raised for SHS: Thank you, Boca Grande!
To the Editor: The Boca Grande Woman’s Club’s 2017 Dog Show Chairs wo…
OBITUARY: Michael T. Jaekels M.D.
Michael (“Doc”) T. Jaekels, M.D., who helped bring thousands of babies into this world as a career obstetrician and gynecolo…
For 90 years the sentinal has stood … and now the Light is finally ours!
■ SUBMITTED BY JIM GRANT OF THE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY Last week directors of the Barrier Island Parks Society finally…
Here is your island Easter in a pastel nutshell
■ STAFF REPORT Good Friday begins the final weekend of “season” on the island, and it begins with the annual Palm on Park sa…
Memories of World Wars book introduced
■ BY SUE ERWIN When island resident Barbara Edgerton was asked to manage a collection of World War stories from Boca Grande…
Artist for World’s Richest chosen; sign up while there’s still time
■ STAFF REPORT Congratulations to the artist of the 2017 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament, Kelly Reark. Kelly is an award-w…