BY MARCY SHORTUSE - A mis-scheduled SCUBA class might be one of the best things that ever happened to Gary Allen.

BY MARCY SHORTUSE - Several Boca Grande fishermen and environmental spokespeople from Boca Grande came together in Tallahassee on Wednesday, April 17 to hear an announcement that gave them hope: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission unanimously voted to move forward with a proposal to make tarpon catch-and-release only.

BY MARCY SHORTUSE - For the last 40 years, a kindly smile and twinkling eyes have met with patient, after patient, after patient on the island. Dr. Henry Livingston Wright has been a huge part of the heart and soul behind the Boca Grande Health Clinic, and he is now the subject of a new book, to be released in September.

BY LIZA STROUT - When Lt. Jeff Corkhill received a report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Friday, April 12 that there had been a boating accident in the shallow water of Bull Bay, he sprang into action.