Editorial
Let’s hang some pictures together, shall we?
March 12, 2026
Some extremely good news came the way of this part of the world on Monday, when Ringling College of Art and Design and the Hermitage Artist Retreat announced that the Hermitage would take over the s…
The fish goes where it wants, or where it can
March 5, 2026
Last Saturday, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust scientist Dr. Aaron Adams came to Boca Grande for a talk with the Gulf Conservation Alliance, a regional group trying to find solutions for our fisheries…
Wisdom, drought, weather and climate
February 26, 2026
There is weather, and there is climate. That’s a reminder from Morton Winsberg, a retired Florida State professor who wrote the classic monograph, “Florida Weather.” Winsberg reminds us that weathe…
Observations during a busy, gorgeous week
February 19, 2026
This editorial is written with an apology to readers, who assuredly do not want to read about parking. The sad thing, however, is that this editor would far prefer writing about ibises, or the color…
Standards at the Range Light
February 12, 2026
This March, the Hermitage Artist Retreat on Manasota Key will hold an event at the Range Light.
The event is entitled Joe & Lauren: Making Music in Boca Grande, featuring Joe Iconis and Laure…
Chilly week, but the simplest, oldest, wild variety survives
February 5, 2026
Thursday, the region got an actual rain, something desperately needed by all after a cold snap. How long has it been since we have seen “100%” on the weather app as the chance of rain? There is a pr…
Our letters page is available. So is the tennis court.
January 29, 2026
This week, protest came to Boca Grande over Minneapolis and ICE. Those who saw it on social media and are reading about it today will have different opinions. Ask anyone their thoughts, and you will…
Subsidiarity and the noisy leaf blower
January 22, 2026
The United States is living in two worldviews these days. As the late Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams would say, we are each living in two different movies. As a local newspaper, the issues we cover…
Many more blue dolpins patrolling in the chill ahead
January 15, 2026
The dolphins were out and the mullet were jumping this weekend on the north end of the island.
It was about as perfect weather as we could hope for in January before the cold front rolls in this…
Apartment boxes grow across Florida, the U.S.A.
January 8, 2026
Next week, Charlotte County will submit an application to the state for help in acquiring two properties in Placida that abut Coral Creek and the Causeway intersection. This discussion is good. We n…











