Opinion
Letters: Appreciation for water quality editorial
February 29, 2024
To the Editor:
Thank you for the great editorial in the paper this week. (See Lake Okeechobee’s overflowing, Feb. 16, 2023).
We’re at the apex of a life-threatening water disaster here…
Redundant systems and Boca Grande’s Auxcomm
February 29, 2024
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, communications for Cape Haze and Boca Grande went back to the pre-Flintstones era.
That might sound extreme. It is not, as Barney and Fred had dial phones wi…
Cape Haze at nexus of American sawfish revival
February 23, 2024
We reside in a sawfish aquarium, Charlotte Harbor. It’s Jurassic Park, and you don’t have to visit Universal Orlando.
Last Thursday, sawfish expert Tonya Wiley delivered a talk in Cape Haze as …
Like looking into the sun with the Geographic
February 22, 2024
Sixty years ago, the National Geographic came to Florida. The magazine devoted over 50 pages to this state, in a major feature called “Florida Rides a Space Age Boom.”
Some of us might admit to…
GUEST ESSAY: Memories of my first days in 1970s Boca Grande
February 22, 2024
BY K.Y. FUTCH
When I first started my secretarial business, I had to use the typewriter at Capt. Charlie Wheeler’s home on Tarpon Street, where I and my husband, Mark, also lived. Charlie was q…
Lake Okeechobee’s waters will run beginning Saturday
February 15, 2024
This weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will let the waters run out of Lake Okeechobee. Saturday was to be the day. In their press release, they described it as a measure that would prevent…
Letters: Memories of a Chicago street rekindled
February 15, 2024
Response to last week’s letter from Ron Raedeke on their memories of sharing the same street in Chicago.
To the Editor:
The randomness of a conversation with a stranger at th…
Letters: Cabaret, Chicago and the Crowninshield
February 9, 2024
To the Editor:
Last Friday my wife and I went to the Cabaret at the Crowninshield. Another couple sat down at our table. The usual conversation began for most people.
Where do yo…
Free ‘Range Light’ children across the island
February 9, 2024
In two generations, many places have gone from children being “seen and not heard” to no children at all. Florida (or let’s blame Arizona) is inventor of the world of “55 plus,” where dogs are leg…
Open Letter: Nitrogen no fix for Charlotte County reclaimed water
February 2, 2024
BY ROBERT J. ROBBINS PhD. and PERCY ANGELO
In large measure Charlotte County’s nitrogen problem results from its disposal of untreated reclaimed water on properties throughout the county. The c…