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Briefs: Fust Library will temporary close for panel installation; kayak launch reopening

August 21, 2026
Staff Report
Community, News

The Johann Fust Community Library will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 25 and Wednesday, Aug. 26, for installation of hurricane protection panels by the Johann Fust Library Foundation. Vegetable garden...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Capt. Chris Slattery

Constructing a career as fishing guide In his nearly two decades on the water, Chris Slattery has turned his lifelong passion for fishing into a career as one of the area’s trusted inshore...

No sunset for a friend; missing those Tuesdays you wish you’d noticed

August 21, 2026
Guest Columnist
Columns, Opinion

BY ERNIE J. VANDERWALT I got in the Gulf tonight shortly before sunset, the light doing that thing it does where the water turns the color of something you can’t quite name, gold sliding into...

Do we coddle young people? If so, it’s on us, not them

August 21, 2026
Guest Columnist
Columns, Opinion

BY SUSAN HANAFEE I remember telling my new boss that I definitely wasn’t the smartest person in the company—not by a long shot – but I would be one of the hardest-working. I think if you...

Editorial: Voters felt it incumbent to get rid of incumbents

August 21, 2026
Garland Pollard
Editorial

On Tuesday, all three local commissioner incumbents with opponents were voted out. They are all Republicans, so this primary election is, likely, the actual election, though candidates are running...

Constance Vauclain Hamilton Wallace

August 21, 2026
Staff Report
Obituaries

Constance Vauclain Hamilton Wallace, of Boca Grande, Florida, affectionately known as Connie, died peacefully August 13, 2026. She was 98. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Connie was the daughter...

Primary election is Tuesday, August 18

August 13, 2026
Staff Report
Community, News

Florida’s Primary Election is set for Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. This year, there are primary elections for state offices, including governor; local primaries for commissioners in both Lee and...

Candidate questions for District 5 Commission election: Trish Petrosky

Editor’s note: We sent a set of identical questions relating to Boca Grande to both of the Lee Commission candidates for District 5 earlier this month. In Lee County, the commissioner is elected...

Flock and oversight: Trust is harder to build after the fact

August 13, 2026
Brent McConnell
Columns

BY BRENT MCCONNELL In 2008, I was the U.S. national security lead for technology transfer to China. Long before the Beijing Olympics opened, many requests for advanced technology export...

Citizens getting wise to hyperscale data centers and Florida

August 13, 2026
Garland Pollard
Editorial

At a Tuesday evening meeting at the Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library in Venice the two meeting rooms are packed. There is hardly a space in the parking lot. The first room is filled with people...