Opinion
First loggerheads, and an update on our nest adoption
July 2, 2025
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
Since my last article, we have started seeing hatches of our first loggerhead nests! Our first nests were documented on May 1, and with an approximate two-month in…
A wake of opportunity: Dolphins and the fishing boats they follow
July 2, 2025
We have a challenge to deal with; dolphin have mastered welfare.
Dolphins, aka Flipper, have developed into a significant problem; they have become dependent on us to fish for them. We exhaust th…
A countdown for our nation’s 250th begins Friday
July 2, 2025
This Fourth of July we are in a countdown to July 4, 2026 – our nation’s 250th. Is it a semiquincentennial or a sestercentennial? Bicentennial, in 1976, was a lot easier to say.
In 1976, there wa…
Dog Life: Choosing the right equipment to train your dog
July 2, 2025
■BY HARRY KALAJIAN
Quality time with your dog is either a leisure time or a training period. When you are in leisure time, meaning no training, make sure not to leave the training equipment on th…
EcoWatch: Is the spirit of July 4th celebration still alive?
July 2, 2025
“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and the republic for which it stands. Miracles do nut cluster, and what happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constition, for i…
SW Florida Fishing: Pass and backcountry fishing…
July 2, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
We have had lots of great fishing this past week in the back country. Scattered showers and cloud cover have had the mornings feeling cooler than usual and the fish in th…
Predators increasing their attacks on sea turtle nests
June 26, 2025
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
The good news is we have seen our first hatchlings this past week. The bad news is that they hatched and emerged from their nest, but unfortunately a coyote dug th…
History: Tampa people, other summer Floridians in Boca Grande
June 26, 2025
From Badcock to Lykes, and so many automobile dealers, physicians
Above has tournament organizer and director Dixie Hollins with Capt. Wayne Joiner and daughter Effie after winning his four Holli…
Letters: Fourth of July memories made here in Boca Grande parades
June 26, 2025
To the Editor:
My name is Tina Dodge. My family and I have been vacationing in Boca Grande since I was a young child. Some of my greatest memories are in Boca Grande. My parents started out just…
Goodbye Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer
June 26, 2025
Just in time for our nation’s 250th Birthday, Walt Disney World will close its Tom Sawyer Island and its companion Liberty Square Riverboat on July 6. The boat, waterway and island will disappear in…