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Search for scallops in Lemon Bay to take place this weekend
August 9, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Grab your snorkel and mask and scan the sea floor for scallops on Saturday, August 10, along with a group of volunteers as they search the seagrass in Lemon Bay. The annual one-day su…
Hatchlings continue to make their way to the water
August 9, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol members have had to battle some stormy mornings over the past week during their daily patrol duties, but they were happy to report three nests…
Obituary: Lee A. Doerr
August 9, 2019
Lee A. Doerr, Jr., 65, of Mequon, Wisc., passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 1, 2019 after succumbing to a heart condition. Lee was born October 27, 1953 in Milwaukee, Wisc. to Lee A. Doerr, S…
Obituary: Mary Margaret Winning
August 9, 2019
Mary Margaret Brooks Winning, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and community leader died Sunday, July 7, 2019 after a brief illness. Mary Margaret Brooks was born Dec. 11, 1924 to…
Boca Grande Beach Clean-up scheduled for September 21
August 9, 2019
To the Editor: We are co-hosting a beach clean-up on Saturday, September 21 beginning at 5th St. beach, from 9 a.m. until noon. We need clean up volunteers and sponsors. Volunteers can sign up at m.s…
Help Suncoast ‘Clear the Shelter’
August 9, 2019
To the Editor: The phrase, “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs,” was originally intended to describe a heavy downpour of rain. Right now, however, in addition to the rainy season, Suncoast Humane Society is…
Should I laugh or should I cry?
August 9, 2019
To the Editor: Should I laugh or should I cry? This liveable and loveable village of Boca Grande with its Mediterranean touch under a strict Prussian Law and Order Regime? Everything “straight and le…
Profile: Mary Mazyck
August 8, 2019
■ BY SUE ERWIN Mary Mazyck spent almost four years in Ecuador serving with the Peace Corps before returning to her hometown of Tallahassee, where she spent a year riding horses for a living. “I wante…
Code enforcement cases still in limbo, Pass cam gone because of complaints
August 2, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Some changes have been made downtown in light of the recent complaints made to Lee County Code Enforcement by an anonymous person or persons, including the removal of tables, chai…
FWC to public: ‘This is not the Wild West’
August 2, 2019
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE After a few emails and phone calls from this office to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a new message has been sent out to the public. Whether it will be bro…