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The Matlacha Hookers have announced that the Island Luau, held Sunday, Feb. 25, at the St James City Civic Center, was sold out again. The response from the Pin

During a beautiful Sunday on Pine Island, Tracy Ailant was sipping on a Michelob Light beer -- and feeling a bit risky.

The woman and the boy had been at the restaurant across from the pier three times in the past week, with workers saying 'something was just off.'

Allison Sarah Daugherty, 41, had parked near the pier and cranked up the radio before jumping into the water, leaving the child alone in the vehicle with the air conditioning still running.

A new gate and new wood decking are among the repairs that had to be made to get the Bokeelia fishing pier operational again.

Pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com Beloved islander, artist Mel Meo, has reluctantly agreed to a benefit being g

Pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com Luretta Williams-Sims, owner of Capt’n Con’s restaurant in Bokeelia, is n

Stimulitis — new syndrome keeping workers home By PAULETTE LeBLANC - | Apr 21, 2021 Most business owners are accustomed to a certain number of employees calling in sick, or quitting, as well as applicants looking for work, but according to many local business owners, this year is nothing like years’ past in that respect. Luretta Williams-Sims, owner of Capt’n Con’s Fish House, says she can’t find anybody who wants to work and refuses to exhaust faithful employees who do show up. �...