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November 29, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Water Association has been removing and replacing the sanitary sewer, laying new pipelines and repairing a manhole on Harbor Drive near Boca Grande Marina over …

November 29, 2019
■ BY JILL-ANNE BEARY The following story is Part One of a series regarding the Charlotte and Lee County homeless population, how some of them became homeless, and what we can do to help. The proble…

November 29, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT The Barrier Island Parks Society announced today their plans for a new speaker series called, “BIPS 4 BIPS.” The second “BIPS” stands for Barrier Island Protection Series as part of …

November 29, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe, transformed our knowledge of celestial bodies orbiting stars, and measured precisely how fast the uni…

November 29, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Sena Jeter Naslund and Flora Naslund Schildknecht are a mother and daughter with a shared passion for writing. They will be speaking at the Johann Fust Library on Thursday, Dec. 5 at…

November 29, 2019
■ STAFF REPORT The annual Englewood Bank & Trust Thanksgiving Art Festival is this Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Englewood Bank & Trust …

November 29, 2019
■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Television stars, art, candy and a very distinctive urban garden are the buzz for the 2020 Boca Grande Garden Club catalog of activities.  “The Club’s lea…

November 29, 2019
Charles Dana Gibson, the son of Langhorne Gibson and Marion Taylor Gibson, died peacefully at his North Hutchinson Island home on June 19, 2019. Gibson, born in 1928, was raised in Westchester Coun…

November 29, 2019
In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to medium concentrations in Sarasota County, low to high concentrations in Charlotte County, very low to high concentra…

November 29, 2019
To the Editor: Last Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7:45 a.m. it was a beautiful, crisp and sunny morning at Lemon Bay Conservancy’s renowned Wildflower Preserve. While most folks were sleeping in or enjoying…