Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Volunteers are the key to event success
June 19, 2015
To the Editor: In our busy work-a-day world sometimes it’s easy to pass on pitching in when events are organized in and for our community. The assumption being that someone else will be at the rea…
Thank you for another successful World’s Richest!
June 12, 2015
To the Editor: In the course of events, both public and private, no one person or entity can possibly take sole credit for the success or failure of any undertaking.
The event is the sum of so…
This is the last weekend to fish license-free in Florida
June 12, 2015
SUBMITTED BY THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Every year the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has license-free fishing days. You may have missed free salt…
Anglers and artists make for a great combination during Tarpon Festival Weekend in downtown Boca Grande
May 29, 2015
BY CARROLL SWAYZE – Excitement is brewing as anglers and artists alike prepare for the 2015 Tarpon Festival in downtown Boca Grande on June 4 through 6. Each year thousands of people travel to the…
Your pet could be a calendar star
May 22, 2015
To the Editor:
Suncoast Humane Society is excited to announce that its 2016 Pet Calendar Photo Contest has officially begun. Your pet’s photos could be featured on the front cover of this excl…
Wherefore art thou, sweet Aunt Bea?
May 22, 2015
To the Editor:
It’s that time of year again. The time when the lords and ladies assemble their baggage trains and go back to whatever magical kingdom they’re trying to make Boca Grande into. W…
Editorial: Shark fishing, Gilchrist fibbing, fat-bottomed trucks
May 15, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – As the tourist season cools down and tarpon season heats up, an outsider would think that things would be pretty quiet around here. It sounds logical, but wait. Look, there in t…
A letter from the ‘ginned up’ locals
May 15, 2015
To the Editor: I just read the reply to my letter to the editor from last week, from Mr. Regnery. It made me dizzy. The RPMs of that spin were off the scale. Unsubstantiated charges? Red Herrings? …
Island resident responds to ‘flawed recommendation’
May 15, 2015
Gilchrist in the 1940s (The following was sent to Lee County Commissioners by Boca Grande resident Bill Regnery on May 11. By …
RPP says ‘thanks for the support this year’
May 15, 2015
To the Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors of Royal Palm Players, I want to thank the entire Boca Grande community for the unprecedented support we got for our 2014-2015 season. People turn…