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EcoWatch: Make 2026 a New Year of kept promises and action
January 2, 2026
A resolution starts with a goal, A promise made within your soul, To grow, to learn, to start each day, To let old habits fall away. It’s not perfection that we seek, But steady steps, week by week…
SW Florida Fishing: Adventures around every turn…
January 2, 2026
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR
Fishing in and out of the boat recently has brought us to meet some new friends. Sometimes the fish we catch are only part of the story. The Dalai Lama defines sentient being…
Again, be patient, everything is slower when cold
December 26, 2025
Hard to believe it’s another New Year already, but ’26 is here.
We enjoyed a cooler early fall this year. Our recent winters have been milder, and cold weather is overdue. We need some mild froze…
History: Boca Grande property people, from Robert E. Lee to condo builders
December 18, 2025
BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
In 1996, Michael Ingram, a Tampa lawyer and the son of Dr. James Ingram who had purchased the historic Journey’s End property in 1963, wrote…
EcoWatch: Let us keep Christmas
December 18, 2025
Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubt assails us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day remembering Its poignant meaning for the heart…
Wrapping up another year and wishing you a very Merry Christmas
December 11, 2025
We tend to reflect more at this time of the year, especially as we get no younger. I’m so thankful to still be living here. We were blessed to be spared hurricanes this year. I’m thankful. We even g…
The Island Golfer: Lemon Bay and Coral Creek chart their paths forward
December 11, 2025
Change is inevitable is an oft-used phrase that applies to most everything in life. No more so than around here where the locals have been dealing with changes – some temporary, some permanent – fro…
EcoWatch: Controversy and facts collide on Dec. 6 … bear hunt
December 11, 2025
Hunting is not a sport. In a sport both sides should know they’re in the game.
Paul Rodriguez, comedian and writer born Jan. 19, 1955, known for his impacting quotes that often address social iss…
SW Florida Fishing
December 11, 2025
Tides, weather, temps and fish
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
A chilly start to the week has it feeling like winter. The beginning of the week brought some very low tides following the front.
Th…
EcoWatch: Get armed for the battle against offshore drilling
December 4, 2025
The primal rhythmic power and the resonant sound of waves on the shore are like the earth’s heartbeat and becomes our connection with the body of nature
Jonathan Lockwood Huie Poet, author known…