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■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) announced on Wednesday that they have filed a lawsuit against Lee County as a result of actions taken by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners at a zoning hearing on Wednesday, May 8. These actions relate to properties located at 161,143, and 151 […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Day one of the 2019 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament will be in the books by the time this newspaper comes out on Friday morning, with day two beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Boca Grande Pass and ending at 7:30 p.m. Awards will be presented on the main stage in downtown Boca Grande […]
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While the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament and the biggest kids’ tarpon tournament are in the news right now, a smaller but very prestigious tarpon tournament was also held last week in local waters. It is the oldest tarpon tournament in the country, to be precise, and it is called the Izaak Walton Tarpon Tournament. Held […]
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To the Editor: Atlantic hurricane season officially starts on June 1, and the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) encourages all residents and visitors to prepare for severe weather emergencies now. Determine any risks to your home, property or business, and update your emergency plans and supplies before Florida is threatened by a storm. It’s important […]
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To the Editor: The recreational red snapper season will start on June 11 in Gulf state and federal waters and remain open through July 12, closing July 13. Anglers fishing from private recreational boats will need to sign up as a Gulf Reef Fish Angler to target red snapper and several other reef fish in […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The beach renourishment project that was to begin earlier this week was delayed due to bad weather, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “Apparently there were some weather delays in getting the dredge to the location, so we are delayed a couple of days on the start of construction,” […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE In the early morning hours of Monday, May 20, Jennifer Goslowski woke up to find her boyfriend, Chris Zink, next to her having a seizure. It wasn’t his first, but the frequency he had them was rare so she kept watch over him, unable to sleep. A few hours later when […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The 2019 Raymond James and RSA Boca Grande Classic was tremendously successful this year, netting more than $240,000 for a very good cause. The objective of this annual event is to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, an organization with a mission to cure cystic fibrosis by funding research and drug development […]
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■ STAFF REPORT Furthering the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s commitment to making water-quality information more readily available and understandable to the public, the agency has launched a new interactive algal bloom dashboard. This dashboard is a visual enhancement to the state’s existing sampling slate. This data have been publicly available on DEP’s website, but […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament, the world’s greatest kids fishing tournament for children ages 15 and under, will kick off today, May 31, with a tarpon symposium and lecture about the history of Boca Grande tarpon fishing, beginning at 6 p.m. Fishing will begin on Saturday evening at 5 p.m., […]