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Saying goodbye to a Boca Beacon staple: Hortoons by Dave Horton

July 20, 2023
Quite often, a good laugh is all anyone needs. Those who can provide it are valuable and should be treasured. That being said, it is with much sadness that we say goodbye to our “Hortoons” cart…

Gasparilla Pines Pathway to connect two Cape Haze preserves

July 20, 2023
A new sidewalk and drainage program on Cape Haze will connect the Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve and Charlotte County’s Amberjack Environmental Park. The project, called t…

Rare whale shark visit off Sarasota coast reveals this kindler, gentler shark is in local waters more often than one thinks

July 20, 2023
Whale sharks just aren’t something you see every day, even in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico in our area. But that doesn’t mean it never happens. In fact, it happened to some boaters…

The Baptists are back at home!

July 20, 2023
Boca Grande’s Baptist community celebrated in grande style as the congregation returned to its own church building July 16 for services. The fellowship hall will be the venue for services for a wh…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Effie Joiner

July 20, 2023
Author George Bernard Shaw famously claimed youth was wasted on the young. Apparently, he never met Effie Joiner, because she is not wasting a moment of her youth. Effie is not yet 27 but is putti…

WRONG KEY

July 20, 2023

HORTOONS

July 20, 2023

Slowly but surely, Palm Island recovers

July 13, 2023
On a hot and only slightly breezy Friday in July, some visitors to Palm Island Resort were  out playing pickleball. Another group was at Coconuts Cafe, the little shop below Rum Bay Restaurant, re…

Bayou bridge might be gone by the end of the year, GIWA says

July 13, 2023
The Gasparilla Island Water Association’s “Bayou Bridge” will be dismantled by the first of the year – and maybe sooner, according to GIWA Executive Director Ron Bolton. The low bridge is on 7th S…