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A three-day workshop was recently held locally to discuss a growing problem in Florida, excessive macroalgae. The workshop focused on the estuaries of the four National Estuary Program entities in Florida (including the Coastal & Heartland National Estuary Partnership, Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, and Tampa Bay Estuary Program). Over […]
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Two separate construction projects in the same area have been raising some questions, especially because they involve water running off into Charlotte Harbor and the Bayou. The first project is the Gasparilla Island Water Association’s new wastewater reclamation facility, which is located in the same area the old treatment facility on The Gasparilla Inn & […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles.
The newest member of the Boca Grande Health Clinic team is Natalie Cole. The conversation started something like, “Wow! Natalie Cole, like the singer?” “No relation,” she quickly replied with a deadpanned smile. Apparently, that wasn’t the first time she’s been asked that question. Natalie might not be a famous singer or the daughter of […]
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David Lee Arner, 66, of Pinehurst, N.C. passed away on Monday, July 12, 2021 at his residence. Dave was born May 6, 1955, in Massillon, Ohio to Robert and Doris Rudolph Arner. He grew up in Ohio and lived many places but considered Boca Grande to be his home. In 2017 he moved to Pinehurst […]
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Editorial.
The National Register of Historic Places topic has been beaten into the ground since it began last year. No one knows this better than me, trust me. We may (or may not) be coming to some sort of closure, though, as on Thursday, Aug. 5 a meeting will be held in Tallahassee to determine whether […]
Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles, Sports & Outdoors.
The first Jay Joiner Memorial Belt Buckle was given out the year after he passed away, in 1993. The buckle is engraved with an eagle, which represents the best fisherman nature has to offer, and a ruby, Jay’s birthstone.
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – Croquet is believed to have been first played by thirteenth-century French peasants who fashioned ad hoc mallets to whack wooden balls through hoops made of willow branches. The modern game’s origins can be traced to 1852 when a game called “crooky” was introduced to England from Ireland where it had […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Elsa couldn’t make up her mind what she wanted to be when she grew up, and went back and forth from a tropical storm to a hurricane, and back to a tropical storm in a matter of a few days. On June 24 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spotted a […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you haven’t noticed, it is officially summer in Southwest Florida. The humidity is back, the temperature rarely skates below the low 80s (high 70s if we’re lucky) at night, the Gulf water is warm, and the sunsets are spectacular. If you’ve ever wondered about that last mention of amazing sunsets, […]
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SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – The Boca Grande Health Clinic is running a survey to identify interest in receiving a flu shot, or a COVID-19 booster shot (if these become available) at the Clinic. “Last year’s drive-through flu clinic was a big success, and we hope to replicate it this coming flu […]