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EcoWatch: Thanksgiving Day 2024 – filled with hope and resolve
November 21, 2024
“May the Stars Carry Your Sadness Away May the Flowers Fill Your Heart With Beauty May Hope Forever Wipe Away Your Tears, And Above All, May Silence Make You Strong.”
Chief Dan George, Chief of t…
SW Florida Fishing: More than some fish…
November 21, 2024
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR
Over the last couple weeks we have been cleaning up from Hurricane Milton, elected a new president and catching fish. Fly fishing for snook, tarpon and redfish has been great…
Return of sand continues at Boca Grande gulf front
November 21, 2024
Work continues across the beachfront by Lee County as sand from Boca Grande streets is returned to help reshape eroded banks.
Photos by Dusty
Election certified
November 21, 2024
The Lee County Canvassing Board certified the results of the 2024 general election on Nov. 15 and successfully completed the post-election audit on Nov. 18. Lee County uses an independent automated…
Sand deadline for Boca Grande is Nov. 29
November 21, 2024
Lee County Solid Waste asks Boca Grande residents to set all Hurricane Milton sand debris curbside by Friday, Nov. 29. Collections will begin on Saturday, Nov. 30 and may take several days to comple…
Boca Grande Camera Club worth the exposure
November 21, 2024
Despite hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Boca Grande Camera Club is coming back strong, and is offering an array of exiting Zoom meetings as well as field trips for the 2024/2025 season. The Camera…
Painter Diane Mannion opens show in December
November 21, 2024
Artist Diane Mannion will have a show in Grove City in December. Mannion began painting at age five, when she received her very first watercolor box, and she has carried that inspiration for art int…
Allegiant adds flock of new routes to SRQ
November 21, 2024
The airline Allegiant, with hub in Punta Gorda, has introduced new routes to and from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, including:
• Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina via Greenville…
1925 Anchor Inn reopens after renovation
November 21, 2024
Waltons-like porch on 4th
The Anchor Inn, after a full renovation this fall, will reopen to guests this weekend. Its first guests are reported to be a newlywed couple.
While the building…
Books: Great restaurants, extinction, Egypt and happiness
November 21, 2024
2025 Book series with Roger Lewis’ picks
BY FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE
Each year, the Friends of Boca Grande have a book series with titles picked by Roger Lewis. Below are titles for the season…