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■ BY JOELLEN WILSON, BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST Ten years ago Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) started a tarpon-tagging project in Charlotte Harbor. Back then we used heavy and expensive satellite tags. But those clunky tags gave us precise daily locations of each tagged fish during their fall migration. We learned generally where the fish […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Images of Jupiter’s beloved, iconic Light are everywhere, and now a very special one is coming to a Florida Tax Collector’s office near you. On Aug. 9, the Department of Motor Vehicles will offer official ‘Visit Our Lights’ Florida Lighthouses’ specialty license plate with a redesigned look featuring an original artist’s rendering […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call from an island resident on Thursday, Aug. 1 regarding a stolen golf cart charger from her fenced yard. According to reports, the victim said sometime between July 25 and August 1, someone came into her yard and took her golf cart battery charger, […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Grab your snorkel and mask and scan the sea floor for scallops on Saturday, August 10, along with a group of volunteers as they search the seagrass in Lemon Bay. The annual one-day survey for scallops and clams takes place every year in August. The event has been taking place for […]
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Mary Margaret Brooks Winning, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and community leader died Sunday, July 7, 2019 after a brief illness. Mary Margaret Brooks was born Dec. 11, 1924 to John and Joyce Weaver Brooks in St. Petersburg. The couple had moved to St. Petersburg earlier that year from Detroit at the request of […]
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To the Editor: We are co-hosting a beach clean-up on Saturday, September 21 beginning at 5th St. beach, from 9 a.m. until noon. We need clean up volunteers and sponsors. Volunteers can sign up at m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/805094aaaaa2ca4f49-international. This is the 31st year of International Coastal Clean-Up Day, in partnership with Keep Lee County Beautiful, and Ocean […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Some changes have been made downtown in light of the recent complaints made to Lee County Code Enforcement by an anonymous person or persons, including the removal of tables, chairs and plants at The Inn Bakery and the removal of outdoor products at The Barnichol. Some changes have also been made […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Fire Department is not a repository for lost and found items and will no longer receive, secure or handle any lost and found items. Lost and found items are administered by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. If you have an item that needs to be turned in, please contact the […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN If you drove down First Street near the Boca Grande Community Center this past week, you may have noticed some construction cones around the kids’ playground area at the front of The Island School. Destruction of the old playground has begun, and the new playground is expected to be completed by the […]
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To the Editor: After reading about complaints filed against our downtown merchants, I have a couple of theories about the Grinch that wants to steal the magic from the village. Somebody’s Blue nose is out of joint because, as we all read about, Beachfronters are blocking public access along the beach again. Apparently that “somebody” […]