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■ BY SUE ERWIN The countdown is on for the August primary election, and this is a reminder for Lee County and Charlotte County voters who are up north for the summer: Remember to request your absentee ballot. The Boca Grande Post Office will not forward the ballot to your summer location, but you can […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Pace Ervin Taylor was a 19-year-old, fun-loving, free spirited kid who enjoyed everything about life, and he especially loved fishing in Boca Grande. He would come here every summer and on spring breaks with his family, who all adored the special quality of this island. Pace was a lifelong resident of […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Nothing spoils your happy vacation mood like arriving at a beautiful beach house with an overstuffed trash receptacle at the end of the driveway. If you are a regular renter on the island and find you are consistently dealing with full garbage containers when you arrive at your rental, there is a […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Sea turtle nests are continuing to hatch at a fast rate on the island, and more than 80 new nests have been recorded this week. As of July 13, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association (BGSTA) reported 495 Caretta caretta (loggerhead) turtle nests on the island. There were 511 reported false […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Lemon Bay Touchdown Club’s seventh annual fishing tournament is set for Saturday, Aug. 4 at Boca Grande Marina, 220 Harbor Drive, Boca Grande. Offshore anglers will fish for red grouper, snapper and a mystery fish. The inshore division will fish for redfish, trout and a mystery fish. There will be a […]
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■ BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Robert Johnson is the historian of the Boca Grande Historical Society, a group in which he has played an important role for almost 25 years. But Robert’s interest in island history goes back even further because his family, like the Gaines, Padilla/Darnas, the Whiddens, the Colemans, the Coles, the […]
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The moment you meet Capt. Jack Sanzalone, you sense his presence commands respect. In all aspects of his life, he always tries to find a way to improve situations instead of just staying idle. After graduating from high school in North Plainfield, New Jersey, Jack attended Somerset County Technical Institute and became a diesel technician. […]
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To the Editor: The health of Lemon Bay is important to us all and each month volunteers monitor the water quality at sites from Alligator Creek in Venice to Bull Bay in Placida to see that it stays that way. On the 1st Monday of each month, trained volunteers travel to one of 16 “fixed” […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Some of the country’s most famous tarpon guides packed the Rotonda Golf & Country Club on the evening of Saturday, July 7 to watch Capt. Waylon Mills be presented with the Jay Joiner Captain’s Award of 2018. He took the honor by recording the most releases out of four popular annual […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE We’ve recently seen a glut of news stories regarding all of the algae in the water, of all different shades and hues. We’ve been under a red tide warning for quite some time now, as the bloom that hung out off our coast since last fall came onshore and gave us […]