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After years of battling anonymous complaints, The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board presented what seems like a light at the end of the tunnel. Lee County Government attorney, Amanda Swindle, attended the August 11 Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board Meeting with proposed Lee County Ordinance NO. 21-XX. “This is the product of really great work […]
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After an announcement on July 19 regarding the potential new plan for releasing water from Lake Okeechobee, and after an outcry from Southwest Florida residents regarding their initial proposal, on Monday, Aug. 9 the federal government announced they had tweaked the plan to include a few concessions that would benefit the Caloosahatchee River. The tweaks […]
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On Tuesday, Aug. 10 the classrooms at The Island School were once again ringing with the sounds of the voices of teachers and children as the first day of school began. Parents of the students stood in the parking lots and on the lawn, making sure everything was a go, and eventually left the children […]
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As the water heats up and the rains start coming more frequently, we all start to get nervous about our old nemsis named red tide. For weeks we had been hearing about the problems Tampa Bay was having with the algae named Karenia brevis, but it wasn’t until two weeks ago that we realized “Karen” […]
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They say it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. In Florida, it’s both. When temperatures rise into the mid to upper 90s, combined with the oppressive Florida humidity, it can turn your fun beach vacation into a trip to the emergency room. Ambulance calls on the island for heat-related illiness have increased in recent weeks, […]
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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 & […]
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– School might be out for the summer, but the learning hasn’t stopped. At the Boca Grande Community Center’s traditional summer camp, which started one week after school let out, kids
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – Michael Schyck can’t believe how much his beard has grown. “I’ve never gone past stubbles. It’s crazy,” he said. That’s what happens when you spend three months on the Appalachian Trail raising money for the Lemon Bay High School Wrestling Team. On March 22, Lemon Bay High School’s wrestling coach, […]
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BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Charlotte Players have refused to allow a pandemic to stand in the way of their 60th anniversary. Making the best of a challenging season, the non-profit community theater has done its best to remain open while keeping its theater patrons safe with social distancing, masks, and loads of sanitizer. […]
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Recently a Boca Grande hammerhead made the news in our area for creating a scene on a local beach. Yes, we said “on” the beach, not “near” the beach. That’s because this particular shark, looking to be about 10 feet long, came so close to the beach he was laying on […]