Opinion
Letters: Praise for youth’s op-ed on carts
April 10, 2025
To the Editor:
I would like to commend Gray Indelicato’s Opinion: “Golf Carts: Don’t blame the operator, etc.”, was brilliant.
His observation of irresponsibility is not age relate…
Letters: Obligation only for churchgoers to walk 50 feet
April 10, 2025
To the Editor:
I quote a very abbreviated part of your editorial for April 4 –
“What passed on Tuesday … was a horrible, horrible … ordinance… that the churches could not have Christmas servic…
OPINION: VAN HUBBARD
April 10, 2025
If a local captain is repeating a suggestion, you aren’t hearing it
Spring fishing is not to be missed.
We currently have an opportunity you don’t want to miss out on. Local fishing is on fire…
Easter is late this year, but it will come
April 10, 2025
The long, long April is heightened by the day of Easter in A.D. 2025. Often, we hear the expression, “Easter is late this year, isn’t it?” Already, it was a bit quieter this week in terms of visitor…
Ask A Doc: Managing stress in a stressful world
April 10, 2025
BY DR. ALEXANDER P. MIANO, M.D.
Lately, it feels like stress is simmering just below the surface for many of us. Whether it’s navigating the long road of post-hurricane recovery or simply t…
EcoWatch: Extinction is forever: Something to think about
April 10, 2025
Rather than eliminating every weed and insect from your garden with chemicals or poison, try working with nature instead of fighting it. Learn to love a few pests in your garden. They feed the benef…
SW Florida Fishing: Snook in the backcountry bite
April 10, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Lots of great fishing this week in the windy conditions. We have really started to target the snook in the back country the last few weeks and some really nice sized snoo…
Off to see the Wizard: Boca Grande goes to the Lee Courthouse
April 4, 2025
Over 30 Boca Grande representatives, on both sides of the issue of a possible new parking ordinance, traveled to Fort Myers to the Lee County Old Courthouse Tuesday. There is a historical irony of g…
History: A biography of our first round favorite, the Temptation Sign
April 3, 2025
BY KAREN GRACE
Just like the island, the neon cocktail glass at the center of the Temptation sign has survived storms for more than 75 years. As the only outdoor neon sign on the island, it has a…
Letters: Thanks to the producers and participants in first Got Talent
April 3, 2025
To the Editor:
On Behalf of Boca Grande Woman’s Club and the “Boca Grande’s Got Talent” producers, a very big Thank You to all who participated in our island’s recovery post hurricanes. …