Opinion
SW Florida Fishing: Grouper with a dash of snappers
April 26, 2024
Capt. Brad Hickman can be reach at 941-716-3757 or OffshoreBocaGrande.com.
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When dogs ‘Take Over’ the situation
April 26, 2024
Young puppies or adopted dogs of any age have one thing in their mind and that’s “Take Over”. In the beginning when you bring them home they show you a cute happy playful side of themselves. You tot…
Guest Essay: Thrill of a majestic Silver King
April 25, 2024
BY KATHY FUTCH
Tarpon fishing became quite the sport in Boca Grande Pass, which is the deepest natural harbor in Florida. When the water temperature is just right and full of tasty shrimp and cra…
Letters: Cape Haze peninsula needs an update to Charlotte County plan
April 25, 2024
To the Editor:
Your April 12 editorial (Why Placida Matters to Gasparilla Island) is very much on point. I wonder if what you’re describing is essentially what the Comprehensive Plan should conta…
The ‘remnant people’ head home, or stick around
April 25, 2024
There are many “very important” and “formerly very important” or “previously important” or “pretty important” people on Gasparilla Island. We have acronyms for them. This week, we spied one of the w…
SW Florida Fishing: Time for tarpon is here!
April 19, 2024
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN
It’s tarpon time! After what seemed like weeks of heavy spring winds, the area is now loaded with silver kings. While we have seen some tarpon scattered around since late Fe…
SW Florida Fishing: Grouper, snappers & more …
April 19, 2024
Capt. Brad Hickman can be reach at 941-716-3757 or OffshoreBocaGrande.com.
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EcoWatch: Make Earth Day more than just for one day
April 19, 2024
“There will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish by 2050.”
Universal comment
Earth Day will be celebrated this year on April 22, 2024. It was born in 1970 when millions of people…
Letters: Joni Mitchell song describes our local predicament
April 19, 2024
To the Editor:
As Joni Mitchell sang “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
My eyes could not believe the likes of the building plans for the Island located longitude and latitude as…
The limits of our earth on this day
April 19, 2024
Earth Day is coming up this weekend. This week, we have a column about Earth Day from Delores Savas as well as a small article about one of the Earth Day activities in our news section. There are al…