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Red tide woes bring about questions
■BY MARCY SHORTUSE Hacking and sneezing continues as red tide is still finding its way to Gasparilla Island shores. While so…
Sea turtle nesting season continues to thrive, red tide problems diminishing
■ BY SUE ERWIN As of press time, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported 138 Caretta caretta (loggerhead) turtle nes…
Historic Preservation Board hears four requests at recent meeting
■BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved four requests for renovations at its monthly meeting held…
Boca Grande Historical Society seeks volunteers
■ STAFF REPORT Summer weather is in full swing and the island is get…
How the flow of water has created what we know as Florida
■ PROVIDED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY This is not the story of how the Woman’s Club along with Captain Carey John…
Profile Peggy Seawert
■ BY SUE ERWIN Peggy Seawert knows a lot about how to make things grow. As president of the Boca Grande Garden Club, she has…
Obituary: Marilyn Thurner
Marilyn Doris Thiemann Thurner, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, was welcomed into heaven on June 7…
See a whale shark? Let a scientist know
To the Editor: Mote Marine Laboratory received a report of five whale sharks — Earth’s largest fish species — about 40 miles…
A little more info on school resource officers
To the Editor: Our community has proved time and again that we will stand together to face a challenge or fulfill a need. Th…