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Letters: Thanks to Tiseo, Robbins for density discussion

April 16, 2026
To the Editor:  I thank and commend Rob Robbins for his concise, easy-to-understand explanation of the Transfer of Density Units discrepancies viz a viz the 135 unit apartment complex develo…

OPINION: Public boating, water access are key issues for Lee Commission

April 16, 2026
BY AMANDA COCHRAN If you’ve tried to get out on the water just about anywhere across Lee County lately, you already know there’s a problem. With over 50,000 registered boaters, from Boca Grand…

Up in the pine straw one too many times

April 16, 2026
The sporting world was transfixed over the weekend at the Masters. Everyone digs in and watches, especially with the story of Rory McIlroy, the son of an Irish golf club bartender. Everyone has a fa…

EcoWatch: Earth Day 2026: A year for concern

April 16, 2026
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our own greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.” Stephen Hawkin…

SW Florida Fishing: Big snook and it’s tarpon time…

April 16, 2026
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR Here in Boca Grande fishing for tarpon takes center stage in April. For the next few months, the big silver monsters roll into town like they own it. What’s fun about it is s…

Ask A Doc: The AI at the Boca Grande Health Clinic is about dictation, not medicine

April 9, 2026
BY DR. BRET KUEBER, M.D. If you’ve been to the Boca Grande Health Clinic recently, you may have noticed that your physician is looking at you a bit more and at the computer a bit less. That’s…

Letters: Thank you from Suncoast Humane

April 9, 2026
To the Editor:  On behalf of Suncoast Humane Society, we would like to extend heartfelt thanks to the Boca Grande community for the generous support it showed at the 5th Annual Dogs for Dogs…

Special time: Drone spoons, windy days and changing conditions

April 9, 2026
Spring fishing is peaking and our weather will continue to heat up. This is the short window to enjoy our transitional fishing. It was a colder winter and the fish are hungry. Summer’s heat will ove…

The rain came, and a Florida wind. A sunny Saturday?

April 9, 2026
This midweek morning, a northeast breeze blows in Southwest Florida. The wind can best be described as delicious with a temperature at 67 degrees. It is cool but not cold. This is an opinion section…

OPINION: Coastal development loophole with Transfer of Density Unit discrepancies

April 9, 2026
BY ROB ROBBINS We are witnessing a dangerous “shell game” with coastal overdevelopment. Developers have been exploiting a Charlotte County-facilitated loophole to build even more units in Coastal…