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Go to the beach? This survey’s for you
To the Editor:
If you visit Florida’s beaches, your feedback can help Mote Marine Lab scientists enhance their real-time…
Come say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Guinness World Records’ Oldest Manatee at South Florida Museum
To the Editor:
Snooty is an extra special Florida manatee who sets records every day for how long we know manatees can l…
Obituary: Mary Louise Bowe
Mary Louise Bowe, 89, formerly of Boca Grande, died in Port Charlotte on July 5, 2015.
Louise was born on September…
All you need to know about Boca Grande’s 4th of July
This year, the 4th of July festivities will begin bright and early a…
Minimum wake expansion proposed by Charlotte MAC
BY JACK SHORT
A proposed minimum-wake zone expansion that began as an effort by a small group of homeowners has passed i…
Little information available about $1 million that would have gone to Gasparilla Island State Park
BY JACK SHORT
An item stricken from the 2015-2016 Florida budget that would have sent $1 million to the Gasparilla Islan…
Intrigue in Australia leads back to Florida and Boca Grande
BY JACK SHORT
Bill Caldwell remembers him as a straight-laced, hard-working fisherman, not as a smuggler and internation…
Sheriff’s Office to patrol Bike Path this weekend
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) encourages everyone to have a safe 4th of July celeb…
Help a local captain and have a great time doing it this Sunday
Fundraising for Capt. Jimmy Robertson continues on Sunday, July 5 at The Sand Bar.
There will be a fish fry at 2 p.m., a…