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Burnham Guides Paddling Adventures in Florida, Costa Rica, and EVA,” will be the final talk in a series of free Calusa Blueway-related programs set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the North Fort Myers Recreation Center, 2000 North Recreation Park Way, North Fort Myers. For more than 25 years, Mary and Bill Burnham of […]
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The City of North Port’s negotiation team has recommended the City cease the negotiations for a potential public-private partnership with WMS Development Group LLC for the future of Warm Mineral Springs Park. As the team conducted extensive due diligence, the developers revised their proposal to no longer take on the operation of the springs, citing […]
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BY MELISSA CSANK St. Patrick’s Day has a special significance for my family. Ten years ago, on that day, my family experienced a life-altering event at the Boca Grande Club. My father, heading out for a bike ride with my mother, collapsed in cardiac arrest outside his condo. My dad Paul Csank is the toughest […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
On Sunday morning, the day after the Strawberry Festival, a four-year-old boy posed a question. “Can we go to the Strawberry Beach?” The boy, unconcerned with actual geography, thought the whole island was about strawberries. Saturday, he had eaten a whole shortcake by himself, unwilling to share one bite, or split it with his big […]
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Money and ministry go hand-in-hand for Larry Hannah. His efforts have shown that, in the right hands, money can be the root of much good, rather than evil. Larry proved that beyond any doubt as he headed up the Boca Grande Disaster Fund, under the wing of the Lighthouse United Methodist Church, following the devastation […]
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Sixty years ago, the National Geographic came to Florida. The magazine devoted over 50 pages to this state, in a major feature called “Florida Rides a Space Age Boom.” Some of us might admit to having a musty December 1963 edition on the shelves in a stack somewhere. (It had an illustration of the “Triumph […]
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Expect Oohs and Aahs at the Strawberry Festival Silent Auction, Saturday, March 2. The 2024 Strawberry Festival Silent Auction will belie its name. In fact, when festival goers enter the tent featuring more than 60 amazing items there will be lots of oohs and aahs and very little silence. “The contributions to this year’s silent […]
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This month’s “Cars and Coffee” is an extra special one, because John Zahner and Liz Leeds of Michael Saunders and Company are teaming up with WINK news to raise money to feed Southwest Florida families. “We are doing [Cars and Coffee] every month just to meet new people and get them together, but we think […]
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Maggie Bush was not a baker by profession, but when she needed something to bring to a potluck or a friend having a bad day, she knew her cookies would be a hit. It all started around five years ago with a chocolate chip Toll House cookie recipe, and one star extra ingredient: Butterfingers. These […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Education, Featured News.
Students from Lemon Bay High School’s marine program led the community last Wednesday on a tour of their AquaLab, a model for upper school science education. During the evening, marine science teacher Mia Conlon and her students led guests around their tanks and simulated marine environments. Conlon has been at Lemon Bay for a decade, […]