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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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The Boca Grande Preschool has completed construction on a new playground that includes a play structure, play yard, storage room expansion, easels and a tall security wall fencing the entire area. The playground was funded during the 2020 Beach Ball fundraiser, and construction began in 2023 after several permitting delays, said Preschool Director Kellene Carpenter. […]
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Prize auction event for 2024 Strawberry Festival A luncheon with Fox News commentator and correspondent Brit Hume was a prize for the Lighthouse United Methodist Church’s annual Strawberry Festival. At front is Hume in blue blazer, flanked by the Rev. Daphne Johnson, at right, and Larry and Pam Hannah at immediate left. The Hannahs were […]
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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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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 […]
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In Boca Grande, a number of civic-minded island residents showed up to assist Kathy Crumb from Lee County, who worked with her husband Duane Crumb at the polls Tuesday. The county is always in need of workers because of the distance from Fort Myers. For two decades, regulars Jay Whipple and Jay and Sue Spurgeon […]
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In-person vote in both counties had Trump tied Even though Donald J. Trump had sealed up the Republican nomination a week before during Super Tuesday primaries, a few voters still came out Tuesday, March 19 for the Florida Presidential Preference Primary. In both Charlotte and Lee County precincts representing Gasparilla Island, Haley actually tied Trump […]