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Gasparilla Inn & Club makes elite Travel & Leisure list

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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Travel & Leisure magazine has put forth its list of the “world’s best,” and The Gasparilla Inn & Club has taken the top spot on the list of Florida resort hotels. Every year the popular travel magazine sends out surveys to its readers to find out their ideas on who is the […]

July 4 ends with a bang

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■ The Independence Day displays over Gasparilla Island were fantastic Monday night, as was the annual golf cart parade held that morning.

Republican Club golf outing planned for July 23

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■ BY SUE ERWIN The West Charlotte County Republican Club is planning its 8th annual golf outing on Saturday, July 23 at Lemon Bay Golf Club, limited to the first 100 registered golfers. The cost is $75 for WCCRC members and $100 for non-members, and tickets include a continental breakfast and lunch. There will be […]

Port Charlotte man charged with battery at South Beach

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■ STAFF REPORT A 49-year-old Port Charlotte man was charged with battery after Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested him in the parking lot of South Beach Bar & Grille. At approximately 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, July 3 deputies were called to the restaurant on Gulf Boulevard after patrons complained of a couple fighting in the […]

PROFILE: Gay Weisenthal

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■ BY SUE ERWIN After decades of searching for shells on the beaches and at the sandbar in Boca Grande, Gay Weisenthal finally found one that she’s been coveting for years: the junonia. Scaphella junonia, or Juno’s volute, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae. This species […]

In for a 4th of July cart parade? Let’s do this!

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■ STAFF REPORT The annual 4th of July Cart Parade will convene on Monday, July 4 in the PJ’s Seagrille parking lot at 10:30 a.m. This is a BYOD event – Bring Your Own Decorations. Streamers, balloons, flags and costumes are encouraged for this event, where we randomly drive through the village and honk like […]

GIBA board makes free allowances for some regarding weight restrictions

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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority has now entered into two different agreements with local agencies regarding allowances to waive weight restrictions on the Boca Grande Causeway, as of their quarterly board meeting on Tuesday, June 28. Representatives Bill Caldwell and Bonnie Pringle from the Gasparilla Island Water Association came to the […]

Respect turtle nests this holiday weekend

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■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association would like to remind everyone to be cautious this Fourth of July weekend regarding the sea turtle nests and potential hatchlings on the beach. Fireworks and other lights on the beach can disorient nesting adults and hatchlings, and beach trash can interfere with a hatchling’s journey from […]