To the Editor:
It makes no sense to restrict parking while the island is still and for some time yet, being rehabilitated! The loss of revenue to the already struggling shops cannot be discounted…
We can be sure that you, our dear reader, are tired of hearing about parking. What is exasperating about the situation is that Lee County could have had a public meeting with the island, explained t…
There’s something remarkable happening on the golf course that has never occurred before. The face of the game has changed more in the past five years than the previous 50, driven by unpreceden…
“Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.”
Peter Benchley, American author and co-author of the movie adaptation of Jaws.
Peter Benc…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Spring is here and the weather this week has been great! It seems that for the time being we have broken the windy weather patterns we’ve experienced the last few weeks a…
“If you smile when you see a Butterfly, you have happiness in your soul.”
Diana Cooper, poet and author
The beautiful Monarch butterfly has been in the news recently, not because of its beauty…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The snook have been biting in the backcountry this week! Lots of really nice sized snook have begun to show up around the mangrove islands and they have been hungry. From…
Many things seem more challenging this year. We survived multiple hurricanes and most of us suffered damage, many severe. Red tides hang around threatening us, challenging us to work around minimum…
BY JAY WHIPPLE
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells the story of a wealthy man who lived in comfort while a poor man named Lazarus suffered just beyond his gates. Though the rich man ignored Lazaru…
BY GRAY INDELICATO
I have been waiting 14 years to operate a golf cart on Gasparilla.
It started with a toy golf cart at age three, then progressed to my dad’s lap, and now finally at age 14 I…
