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Pass Club’s Wetzel and returning champ Steck in Tennis Expo
BY JEN FIERS – The 2016 Pro Tennis Exhibition Series will be held this spring each Wednesday at 4:00 pm at the Boca Grande…
Boca Blooms to host open house next weekend
BY SUE ERWIN – The owners of a new floral shop in town called Boca Blooms will be hosting an open house celebration on Frid…
Suncoast Humane Society Honored with Top 4-Star Rating
The board of trustees and staff are proud to announce that Suncoast Humane Society has received the coveted 4-star rating by…
D strong at The Great Wall
A little 8-year-old boy from Rhode Island is traveling the world wit…
Register now for the Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic
If tennis is your game, you have just a few short days to register f…
Restaurants announced for TIS Chowder Dinner next week
A good bowl of chowder is hard to beat, and buying one for a good cause makes it taste even better. The Island School’s seco…
The Crackers and the Yankees duke it out in book by local gardening guru
BY SUE ERWIN – Sitting in his summer home near Asheville, North Carolina, Boca Grande seasonal resident Edd Dean wrote a bo…
Monitoring storms on Gasparilla Island: What’s the best way?
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Saturday, Jan. 9 an EF2 tornado with winds upward of 130 mph tore across Cape Coral and left up to 10…
Cleaning those closets? Need to simplify?
To the Editor: If you’re cleaning those closets and realize you have too much stuff, consider donating no-longer-needed ite…
Reader takes issue with ‘Ponzi scheme’ comparison
To the Editor: According to Wikipedia, a Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation in which the operator, an individ…