The Dredge Report

Recycling Vast Expanses of Sand Has Become the Price of Paradise

Dredging New Pass this year will replenish Lido and Longboat's eroded beaches.

04/26/2018 By Tom Bayles

Phil's Window

Phil Barco is a One-Man Show at Davidson Drugs

“You should see all of the women that come in to flirt with him. Women in their 40s, their 50s, their 60s. They absolutely love him.”

06/28/2017 By Tom Bayles

Great Boating Adventures

You won’t miss the boat with this guide to family fun on our beautiful local waters.

Adventures Afloat

Seagrass snorkeling, treasure hunting, hidden beaches and more.

Great Boating Adventures

How to enjoy our beautiful waterways.

03/31/2017 By Tom Bayles

Great Boating Adventures

Tie up and chow down.

03/31/2017 By Tom Bayles

Deadly Waters

Every year, Florida boaters are injured, killed or lost at sea. It doesn't have to be that way.

The Sound and the Fury

Should the Army Corps take sand from Big Pass to replenish shrinking Lido Key? Environmental reporter Tom Bayles wades into the sound and fury.

06/22/2016 By Tom Bayles