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On Wednesday, March 27 at 4:30 p.m. at the Boca Grande Community Center, Linda Fairstein will interview John Wood Sweet about his book “The Sewing Girls Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America.” Linda Fairstein and her husband, Michael Goldberg, have been residents of Boca Grande since 2017. For twenty-six years, Linda […]
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Lee County voted to accept the Resilient Lee Recovery and Resilience Plan for final consideration during the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, March 19. This plan is the product of the Long-Term Recovery Task Force, which was approved by the board back in December 2022, just months after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction. […]
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Food for the Poor (FFTP) is poised to launch a massive humanitarian aid campaign in Haiti as the charity watches for signs that security has been restored amid escalating gang warfare that has seized Port-au-Prince for months. The charity’s focus will be on areas with severe food insecurity, prioritizing families displaced by gang violence. “The […]
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Catch Sunday regattas Photographer Dr. David Caldwell caught the warmups for the Basin Sailing Yacht Club’s (the polite version of the acronym) upcoming April races in the Boca Bay Powerhouse lagoon. Test regattas are on Sundays at Boca Bay; they have raced every Sunday in season from mid-October. The sailboats are Radio Controlled Lasers; […]
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Great white Penny first found in Carolina blue waters Penny the Shark seems to be making an early Easter visit off of Gasparilla Island. Tagged at 522 pounds as a juvenile, the Carcharodon carcharias great white shark pinged about 50 miles off the coast. Penny is being tracked by the website Ocearch.org and was tagged […]
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During a routine check of the tarpon spawning grounds at Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Wildflower Preserve, researchers found over 30 juvenile Megalops atlanticus that were identified and quickly put back in wetlands to continue to mature. “The nice thing is that they were larger fish,” said researcher Philip Stevens, of Florida Fish and Wildlife’s finfish fisheries, […]
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The deadline to register to be in the show has been extended to April 1. Come one, come all to the very posh Dog Show— “Puttin’ on the Dog”—Saturday, April 6th at 10 a.m. at the Community Center. There are six categories: Best Costume, Puppy, Large Dog, Medium Dog, Small/Toy, and Old Geezer. Proceeds from […]
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Those on the island at noon and 5 p.m. will know what time it is without a watch or iPhone, as the carillon is now ringing at First Baptist Church of Boca Grande. “The Baptist Church carillon is back playing again,” Pastor Gary Beatty said. “It plays a spattering of hymns.” The carillon plays at […]
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There is officially a new person to call on-island for iguana removal, with former iguana hunter, George Cera, named as the secondary vendor. The new iguana hunter in town, Brian Ambrose, is a technician for Blue Iguana Pest Control Inc., which has been around for 15 years. The company was named primary vendor for “population […]
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Panelists at the annual Red Tide Forum shared that the latest word on red tide could be turmeric. The fourth in-person Red Tide Forum was held in the Community Center Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon, March 19. The forum was hosted by Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in partnership with the Barrier Island Parks Society. The […]