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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…

Letters: Nitrogen in Charlotte Harbor, Women’s Club

February 2, 2024
Nitrogen no fix for Charlotte’s reclaimed water BY ROBERT J. ROBBINS PhD. and PERCY ANGELO In large measure Charlotte County’s nitrogen problem results from its disposal of untreated reclaim…

EcoWatch: Environmental damage is economic damage

January 26, 2024
This year, there are many issues that have been raised concerning the environment that will affect you and the world around you. Read them carefully before rules and regulations take effect that w…

Letters: Pickleball, Whidden’s and Chowder Fest

January 26, 2024
Island School PTO thanks community To the Editor: The Island School PTO would like to thank everyone for their hard work in making the Chowder Dinner SO successful! We would have never been …

Moon after Yule, Wolf Moon or Labradoodle Moon

January 26, 2024
For anyone up early Wednesday morning, there was a particularly effective full moon coming through the clouds, different from a clear-sky full moon. With the clouds intermittently covering and unc…

EcoWatch: Still time to add a New Years resolution for 2024

January 19, 2024
“A Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Forest are the lungs of our lands, purifying the air of our landand giving strength to our people”. Franklin D. Roosevelt Two weeks have pas…

We’re in a pickleball here on Gasparilla Island

January 18, 2024
This week, Lee County voted to turn one of the two tennis courts on Wheeler Road into four pickleball courts. The case should not be viewed as simply that pickleball is winning over tennis (which …

Reflecting on the Naples-ization of the Boca Grande landscape

January 18, 2024
By JIM COCHRUN,GUEST EDITORIAL I grew up in Naples in the early ’50s. In those years, Naples was a small, tranquil and pristine Old Florida community of 1,500 residents. The bulk of the populat…

Ask a Doc: Thyroid Awareness

January 18, 2024
By EMILY HALY, M.D. January is Thyroid Awareness Month, a time when the medical profession focuses attention onthat tiny gland located in the lower front part of your neck. While small in compa…