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MS fundraiser is just another 150-mile ride to Boots and Dick
June 26, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – Some people like adding a little challenge to their charity. Boots and Dick Tolsdorf are just such people. In a move that is, amazingly, not unusual for them, the Tolsdorfs are goi…
The quest to help Capt. Jimmy continues …
June 26, 2015
Fundraising for Capt. Jimmy Robertson continues next weekend on Sunday, July 5 at The Sand Bar. There will be a fish fry at 2 p.m. and more auctions and raffles will be held. There will also be a …
Get out that camera, watch your backlighting and make your pet a star through SHS
June 26, 2015
Suncoast Humane Society’s 2016 Pet Calendar Photo Contest is in full swing. So dust off your cameras and primp your pets for the chance to have your pet’s photo featured on the front cover of this…
Fallout from Scott’s veto pen hits Gasparilla Island
June 26, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – Among the record setting number of items, worth a combined $461 million, that fell to Florida Governor Rick Scott’s veto pen, was a large appropriation for Gasparilla Island State …
Volunteers needed for annual scallop search
June 26, 2015
Join Florida Sea Grant, UF/IFAS Lee County Extension and the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation by participating in the 2015 Pine Island Sound Scallop Search, a resource-monitoring program in…
Want to experience the estuaries up close?
June 26, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – Sometimes, to understand something, you have to be willing to dive right in. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is hoping that bringing people into close contact wi…
Turtles are getting busy on island beaches
June 26, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Sea turtle season is heating up, with hatches about to begin and large numbers of nests to be found on island beaches. So far we have 283 nests, as well as seven green turtle n…
Profile: Nancy Lynne Hyde
June 26, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – For Nancy Lynne Hyde, family is everything. When asked what inspires her, innervates her, she didn’t hesitate to say that she loves working with kids and spending time with her fam…
Take the kids to see Prince Rama next Wednesday
June 26, 2015
Meet masked characters from Bali, the enchanting Indonesian island, and participate in a mask dance-drama based on the adventurous story of Prince Rama on Wednesday, July 1 at 3 p.m. This great my…
Jill Marie ladies take Howl
June 19, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There was excitement out in the Pass on Saturday night almost as soon as lines hit the water at 8 p.m. for the 2015 Ladies Howl at the Moon Invitational Tarpon Tournament, as t…