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March 22, 2024
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR It’s been busy and I finally got a day to go fishing by myself. I went wade fishing yesterday in a river full of alligators and sharks. I dragged my kayak on wheels around …

March 22, 2024
Easter is just around the corner and the buying and preparedness of the holiday will fill the next nine days. Consumers may well be shocked as the 2024 Easter cost is expected to top $22 billion. …

March 22, 2024
According to the American Cancer Society, the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about one in 23 for men and one in 25 for women. The death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropp…

March 21, 2024
To the Editor:  Boca Grande celebrated the 2024 Boca Grande Woman’s Club Bike Parade and Fair on March 9. “All Aboard the Boca Grande Express” was possible thanks to the 100 or so dedicate…

March 21, 2024
To the Editor:  It will be hard to top this past February History Byte program! We were blessed with beautiful weather each week, a lovely garden setting and a fantastic group of “Byte Lov…

March 21, 2024
To the Editor:  On behalf of Suncoast Humane Society, we would like to extend heartfelt thanks to the Boca Grande community for the overwhelming and generous support it showed at the 3rd Annual…

March 21, 2024
To the Editor: I would like to comment on the proposed Boca Grande Peninsula and Marina project to be built by Cookie Potter and Jay Feinberg at the historic Gasparilla Fishery site in Placida….

March 21, 2024
This Tuesday, retired history teacher and certified tour guide David Bredemus brought a tour bus to Boca Grande. It was not an ordinary bus tour group, interested in drinks, theater or casinos. In…

March 14, 2024
The coyote is here to stay in Florida. Indeed, we have had coyotes for quite some time. In fact, right now, if you live anywhere in Florida, you will share the landscape with coyotes, or Canis lat…

March 14, 2024
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE It’s starting to feel like spring here in Boca Grande, and the cold weather fishing patterns are starting to move on. The water temperatures have risen quite a bit over…