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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…

SW Florida Fishing: Fish and … birds?

April 9, 2026
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR Over the last few weeks, loads and loads of people have come to paradise hoping for warmer weather and excited to go fishing. My job is simple, fulfilling everyone’s dreams o…

EcoWatch: The Endangered Species Act is safe for now

April 9, 2026
We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations. Loretta Lynch, a former U.S. Attorney General, in a widely attribut…

Letters: Open Shores shares first info on parking survey

April 2, 2026
To the Editor: I wanted to share data from three reports documenting conditions on Gasparilla Island since Lee County Ordinance 25-16 took effect.  The first data is from a community surv…

OPINION: Managing acres, habitat and community assets like the Bike Path

April 2, 2026
BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Imagine Boca Grande today without the GICIA. There would be no Bike Path for residents and visitors to enjoy, no Land Conservancy…

Back to Moon on a Full Moon for Artemis II

April 2, 2026
The families begin gathering on the Bayou Bridge at around 6 p.m. A small crowd grows larger as the countdown continues to an expected launch time of 6:24 p.m. for Artemis II. Florida. She almost…