Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 86 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in three samples…
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Aries: This is the week of self-realization, meaning you’ll realize how many chips you scarfed down during the Golden Girls marathon. Maybe the answer to what your pondering…
Since Hurricane Ian, the Boca Grande Fire Department has been working hard to update and finesse certain policies and procedures to optimize response to such natural disasters. One of those policies…
In what researchers are calling “an enormous leap forward in the understanding of Parkinson’s disease,” a new tool has been discovered that can detect pathology in spinal fluid of people who have no…
Firefighters responded to numerous calls so far in April: 31, to be exact
The Boca Grande Fire Department responded to numerous calls so far this month, including the following:
• 12 medical c…
Social media gets a lot of criticism – much of it deserved. But social media is helping save a young girl’s life right now, so today, social media is earning a reprieve from the haters.
The youn…
This week Mote Marine Laboratories wrapped up its 2023 Coffee with a Scientist series of presentations at the Boca Grande Community Center. The series took deep dives, so to speak, into some of the…
