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Friends of Cape Haze vs. Charlotte County may not go to hearing
July 10, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – A dispute between Charlotte County and nonprofits Sierra Club and Friends of Cape Haze that originated prior to 2011 may be resolved at the next board of county commissioners’ meet…
Local teen almost serves up a trifecta of holes-in-one
July 10, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – You’ll want to remember the name Gabriella Vetter. She’s only a teenager now, but give her a few years and she might be playing in the Masters’ Golf Tournament. You actually wo…
Crawford takes top art honors, exhibits at YoungArts Invitational
July 10, 2015
Catrina Maria Crawford, granddaughter of Linda and Bob Edic from Boca Grande and daughter of Darlene Edic Crawford, recently graduated from Dreyfoos School of the Arts High School in West Palm Bea…
Come say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Guinness World Records’ Oldest Manatee at South Florida Museum
July 10, 2015
To the Editor: Snooty is an extra special Florida manatee who sets records every day for how long we know manatees can live. That fact has now been documented by the Guinness World Records. He has…
Profile: Joshua Karl
July 10, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – Joshua Karl would have had to try pretty hard to end up in a place more different than Boca Grande. When he grew up here on the island, he went by Joshua Johnson, of the “harbor pi…
All you need to know about Boca Grande’s 4th of July
July 3, 2015
This year, the 4th of July festivities will begin bright and early at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, as all participants in the 3rd annual 4th of July golf cart and bicycle parade will congregate in…
Minimum wake expansion proposed by Charlotte MAC
July 3, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – A proposed minimum-wake zone expansion that began as an effort by a small group of homeowners has passed its first major hurdle.
The Charlotte County Marine Advisory Committee …
Little information available about $1 million that would have gone to Gasparilla Island State Park
July 3, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – An item stricken from the 2015-2016 Florida budget that would have sent $1 million to the Gasparilla Island State Park contained little information about how the money would have b…
Intrigue in Australia leads back to Florida and Boca Grande
July 3, 2015
BY JACK SHORT
Bill Caldwell remembers him as a straight-laced, hard-working fisherman, not as a smuggler and international fugitive.
The Tampa Bay Times recently broke a story about a man wh…
Sheriff’s Office to patrol Bike Path this weekend
July 3, 2015
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) encourages everyone to have a safe 4th of July celebration this year. Undoubtedly, there will be increased usage of the GICIA…