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Xmas Walk Saturday, Tree Lighting Sunday 

The annual Boca Grande Christmas Walk is Saturday, Dec. 7. Santa will drive through town in the firetruck around 5:30 p.m…

GUEST ESSAY: This hunter remains circumspect after 10-point buck ‘attack’

BY GARY MARTIN It has just come to our attention that an elderly, but highly experienced, deer hunter was attacked earli…

GUEST ESSAY: Reunited with beloved Bass Weejuns from college days

Favorite Maine loafer, maybe tassels next? BY SUSAN HANAFEE I scrimped together the money for my first pair of Bass W…

Last pass for island hurricane debris begins Monday

For folks returning to Gasparilla Island, large piles of hurricane d…

Martha Jane Randall 1931-2024

Martha Jane (Brunk) Randall, who died September 3, 2024, the day aft…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Hurricane correspondent and recorder Ann Wolfe Combee

Ann Combee, who has become a hurricane eyewitness of sorts in Boca Grande, lives two lives. Part of each week she is the ow…
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Final hurricane debris collection Dec. 9

Starting Dec. 9, debris trucks will begin their final collections for any remaining Hurricane Milton debris at the roadside…
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EcoWatch: Consider buying American-made products

“I have come to a resolution myself, as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manu…
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SW Florida Fishing: Record setting year for G.I.F.T.

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE A record setting year all around for the 29th annual Gasparilla Island Fly Fishing Tournament p…
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Lemon Bay theatre brings down the house

Lemon Bay High School theatre cast (right) performed “Catch Me If You Can” to a packed house. Tristen Sasser and Makail…