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To the Editor: Sea turtle nesting season is not yet over, but Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has already recorded a 38-year-record number of nests in the Sarasota area. STCRP monitors sea turtle nesting on the 35-mile stretch of beaches from Longboat Key through Venice. As of late August, Mote’s STCRP has […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Two baby green sea turtle hatchlings were very lucky last week to have an alert patrol member find them after they fell into a crab hole late at night. Thankfully, patroller Jim Walter knew to look around for any stragglers and found them and directed them toward the sea. Patrollers excavated three […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Lauren Hanrahan once taught kindergarten at The Island School. Now she teaches third grade at Englewood Elementary School. Lauren has a three-year-old daughter and a 9-month-old son, and she’s currently battling a disease that doctors are still trying to understand. When when she returned to school after maternity leave last April, she […]
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To the Editor, We had 125 persons register for the August Great Bay Scallop & Hard Clam Search in Placida. We had horrible weather!! You may remember that the weather pattern was very unusual, with storms in the morning. All of the teams (16) headed out, but five teams weren’t even able to get out […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE As of press time on Thursday, Aug. 29, Hurricane Dorian was in position to make landfall on Florida’s east coast some time between late Monday night and during the day on Tuesday. Some meteorologists were predicting Dorian to come ashore as a category 4, while others were saying the storm appeared […]
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To the Editor: It’s sea turtle nesting season in Florida, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is sharing guidelines on how you can make a difference for these endangered marine reptiles. As hatchlings begin to appear on beaches throughout the state, please remember that it is important to keep your distance from […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Last Friday, Aug. 8, Lee County Code Enforcement began an earnest attempt to clean up some of the complaints about businesses that were left lingering on the books in the Boca Grande Historic District. So far, all complaints have been closed – with the exception of one against The Loose Caboose […]
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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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It must be July, because someone with a whole lot of time on their hands has decided to wage a complaint war against several local businesses … and it appears that the iconic pink gas pump in front of Hudson’s Grocery has been targeted. On July 19, Lee County Code Enforcement received eight complaints regarding […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol members are keeping very busy and vigilant this turtle nesting season. “We continue to excavate nests relocated due to the renourishment, and all have had good hatch rates, most near 100 percent, which is similar to nonrelocated nests,” said Board member Mel Csank. “Turtle nesting […]