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Pulitzer Prize winner to speak on the future of our environment

Some of the examples Elizabeth presents include the possible risks associated with a technological solution and warns that man must be careful about the unintended consequences of proposed actions. As an example, she points to the Chicago River where city leaders tried to address water-borne diseases. However, the Asian carp imported to do bio control took over, outcompeting native fish populations and lowering water quality, and left parts of the Mississippi River with a serious carp problem.

Englewood Invitational Winter Art Festival coming soon

The Englewood Invitational Winter Art Festival will showcase almost 50 award-winning fine artists and fine craftsmen from around the country with their incredible handmade artwork. The festival is a premiere art collecting opportunity for local homeowners and visitors as well as being a great place to spend the day meeting new artists. There will be everything from large original watercolors, acrylics, and oils to life size bronze sculpture, hand forged jewelry, pottery, photography, everything you can imagine will be represented. Local favorites showing will be Ann Marie Solomon with her watercolors, Rich Fizer with his hand-blown glass. Maria Bone with her paintings, Heather Hooper with her pottery and John Cheer with his incredible clay work.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: John Sherman, on Boca Grande and the Kansas City Royals

“We have to think about the future” he said. “It’s a little bit down the road, but we are certainly starting to do the exploratory discussions with real estate people and public officials. Our lease goes to 2030, so we have to get something done by then, but it could be earlier than that. We are just in the early stages. A big project like that will take three or four years to design and build anyway, but you can’t start too early because if you wait too long problems can occur.”

It’s been awhile since the kayak launch was usable, soooo … what’s up with that?

But the question still remains – whose job is it to put the kayak launch back to rights? After all, it is an official stop on the Blueways Trail, which is a interconnected statewide map and information system that gives kayakers access to where some of the best waterways are located along 220 miles of coastline. It includes tidal creeks, estuary bays and, in this area, Charlotte Harbor.

Will the shrimp boat ever be in again? 

A look at what happened to the Capt. C.J. It seems like almost every day brings us another reason to get really grumpy with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Just when it seems like your back hairs aren’t crossed any more, along comes something else to raise your hackles again. The loss of the Capt. […]

Get ready for ‘On Golden Pond’ and the return of the Royal Palm Players next week

“The play’s the thing” is an apt aphorism, but the backstory of how the cast got to the play is a thing in itself. It is instructive of the many routes there are, should you have begun such a journey or would like to begin one. These stories about the cast and crew of “On Golden Pond” greatly enrich an appreciation for each actor’s performance.

The future of Warm Mineral Springs is once again tentative

Last November, North Port’s City Commission reviewed and accepted an unsolicited proposal from WMS Development Group, LLC to repair and restore the current facilities at the Springs, and to add a “Phase 2” development that includes condominiums, health spa and other amenities, by expanding the developed area of the park. 

The green flash: Have you seen it? Do you know what it is?

Watching the sunset in Boca Grande is one of the most favored traditions, whether you live here year-round or just vacation here. Stopping your day to watch that fiery ball hit the Gulf of Mexico, taking in the peace that comes with it … there’s nothing really quite like it. A lot of times when […]

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Amy McCandless, the lady behind the Facebook persona of Fugate’s during the storm

Island living is her thing. She and her husband Don sold everything they had a number of years ago, bought a boat and planned to see the world from the deck of that boat. They ended up in the Keys when a big hurricane hit (her name starts with “I,” but we will not name her, either). It sunk the boat. The two adventurers returned to Little Gasparilla and have found generous friends whose homes have become their own.