Serious costs ahead for advanced wastewater treatment
We have a serious problem with wastewater treatment. We’re dumping minimally treated sewage into our waterways while burying our heads in the…
This week, the new Mote SEA Aquarium opened in Sarasota, just outside the University Town Center mall. The oft-told local angle is important to retell, as there are many lessons from its 1955 foundi…
BY DELORES SAVAS
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
It’s starting to feel like fall here in Boca Grande and the fish in the backcountry are fired up with these cooler temps!
Redfish have been the star of the show so far…
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
If you’ve watched the local TV news or read a local newspaper these past couple of weeks, there have been many stories about the impacts and recovery associated wi…
In the early hours of Saturday, Sept. 27, Tanner Stewart was arrested for driving under the influence in Englewood.
At around 1:15 a.m. Cpl. Schulte of Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office was condu…
The theft of a jet ski in August at the Placida Boat Ramp was reported on Sept. 21.
A black 2021 Yamaha jet ski was taken from a double trailer at the boat ramp on Aug. 23, according to a C…
Around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, Deputy Angelo Lanni of Lee County Sheriffs Department responded to a report of trespassing in Boca Grande.
Lieutenant Andrew Sawicki had requested assistance…
Loulie Mauran and Mark Horan have joined the board of the Lemon Bay Conservancy. Both are long-time members who share the group’s passion for protecting the local environment.
Mark Horan was born…
The Oct. 8 Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting, set for 10 a.m., will include discussion of house elevations, including this one on Palm Avenue. …
