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Dead man found on sailboat in Boca Grande waters 27 Aug 2013 | 03:42 am
The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deceased person found on a 1979 white 37-foot sailboat near Boca Grande Pass last night.
Dead man found on sailboat in Boca Grande waters 27 Aug 2013 | 03:42 am
The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deceased person found on a 1979 white 37-foot sailboat near Boca Grande Pass last night.
Early morning fire leaves one home destroyed 23 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
At approximately 6:30 this morning the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a house fire at 311 Pilot Point Lane in Boca Bay, the Talbot home. After arriving on scene at 6:41 a.m. firefighters fo...
Early morning fire leaves one home destroyed 23 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
At approximately 6:30 Thursday morning, August 22, the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a house fire at 311 Pilot Point Lane in Boca Bay, the Talbot home. After arriving on scene at 6:41 a.m....
Seth Shipley 23 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
BY JACK SHORT - Seth Shipley's fingers thrum on the table of his office, still mostly empty and unfinished, in the recently rebuilt kitchen at the Gasparilla Inn & Club. Because the Inn is closed, the...
Obituary - Sally Loppacker Gambling 23 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
Sally Gambling, 83, passed away on August 17, 2013, in Sarasota. Born Sally Bard Loppacker on June 15, 1930, in Montclair, N.J., Sally grew up in Glenridge, N.J. In 1949, Sally married John A. Gamblin...
Pencil in a Chamber party ... actually, write it in pen 23 Aug 2013 | 10:19 pm
The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual open house and membership drive on Thursday, Aug. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the chamber office in Railroad Plaza on E. Railroad Avenue. Refr...
Boca Grande captain helps to garner commission gear ban support 23 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
Capt. Phil O'Bannon made some stops in Fort Myers at Lee County Commission chambers earlier this week, with hopes of garnering support for the Boca Grande Pass tarpon fishing gear rule. A ruling is s...
They’re here, there’s lots of them, why aren’t they ready? 23 Aug 2013 | 10:15 pm
BY LIZA STROUT - Gasparilla Island has a bounty of fruits that can be collected simply by stepping into the great outdoors. From guavas and mangos, carissas and sea plums (which are two different spec...
Hastings heads back to reservation, seeks donations 23 Aug 2013 | 10:13 pm
BY MARCY SHORTUSE - Donations are needed, and soon, for Lew Hasting’s September trip to the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, located in Eagle Butte, S.D. Lew, executive director for the Boca Grande...
