Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lee County Solid Waste encourages residents to use holiday weekend to prepare properties for hurricane season
June 2, 2022
To the Editor:
Lee County Solid Waste is encouraging residents to use the holiday weekend to prepare their properties for hurricane season.
Pruning trees and shrubs now that could damage you…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: July 1 is cutoff for SBA loans for those affected by January storm
June 2, 2022
To the Editor:
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses of all sizes, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters in Florida of the July 1 deadline to ap…
ECOWATCH: Let’s reflect on the true meaning of Memorial Day
May 27, 2022
In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row by row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. W…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Make sure to check your choices in August, and vote
May 27, 2022
To the Editor:
To all who live and/or work in Boca Grande: You may be interested to know that the League of Women Voters of the United States has a website that will tell you all you need to kn…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Punta Gorda/ Englewood Beach welcomes largest family-friendly fishing competition
May 27, 2022
To the Editor:
Charlotte County welcomes anglers and nonanglers participating in the summer-long statewide West Marine CCA Florida STAR Competition sponsored by Yamaha that kicks off May 28 thr…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GIMM thanks all for a great Ladies’ Howl
May 27, 2022
To the Editor:
Ladies’ Howl At The Moon – 78 releases and probably twice as many bites!
Literally every minute on the radio a fish was called in! The Pass was on fire!
More than 100 ladie…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: BIPS thanks many for another great season
May 19, 2022
To the Editor:
As our season comes to a close and summer begins, I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of myself and our BIPS Board to thank all our friends and visitors who utilized …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Come to History Center and find out more about Boca Grande’s ties to World War I and World War II in honor of this Memorial Day
May 19, 2022
To the Editor:
On May 30, 2022 the United States will observe a day dedicated to mourning and honoring U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the armed forces of our great natio…
EDITORIAL: The degradation of Sarasota Bay
May 19, 2022
Determining the annual pollutant loading flowing into Sarasota Bay is estimated by pollutant loading models. These “estimates” of pollutant loading are based upon uncalibrated and unverified model…