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Business & Real Estate: New house plans on 10th; flooded house delisted

Above, rendering for the new house on 10th Street that would replace the current house, which was delisted as historic due to hurricane damage this week. Preservation Board documents A damaged Spanish style house on 10th Street will be replaced after…

Deed filed: Fishery LLC buys 370 Park Avenue

The sale of 370 Park Ave. closed on Aug. 28. The Lee County Clerk reported that as of Aug. 28, the Miami-based Project Fishery LLC had purchased the property from Purple Cow 82 LLC of Winnetka, Illinois. The amount listed under deed consideration was…

Preschool construction begins; cottage will be raised

Progress continues on the construction of the new Boca Grande Preschool building at 311 Palm Avenue. The property was donated by the Pete and Ginny Nicholas family and is zoned as commercial, located behind the former 3rd Street Bistro. The property t…

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Budget hearings for Lee, Charlotte

The Charlotte County Commission has scheduled a budget public hearing at 5:01 p.m., or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference…

Bocilla Conservancy builds living shoreline on Palm Island

Above, the group on Sept. 7. Photos submitted The Bocilla Islands Conservancy is expanding its conservation work along island shorelines, with two living shoreline restoration pr…

Construction continues at Herring Park, and repairs to other facilities

Concrete repairs at various Charlotte County parks are in the works nearing completion. The parks have been partially open during the process. At top, the memorial area where there has been site…

Fish tale! No hook needed as jack crevalle leaps into swimmer’s arms

A local taking a morning walk on the beach last week ended up with a legal crevalle jack that she took home and cooked for dinner that night. “While on my Boca Grande beach walk at 7 a.m. on Thur…

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Boca Grande Fire District to hold hearing on proposed tax increase

The Boca Grande Fire Control District will hold a public hearing on its tax increase at 5:01 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept…

Budget hearings for Lee, Charlotte

The Charlotte County Commission has scheduled a budget public hearing at 5:01 p.m., or as soon thereafter as it may be…

Boca Grande Sea Turtle Nesting Season: 9-09-26

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 531 Loggerhead, 25 Green, 2 Leatherback, 20,879 hatc…

Sarasota County Sheriff visits the Preschool

On Tuesday, Sept. 1st, Maggie’s dad, Ed Siler visited the preschool in his Sarasota County Sheriff uniform as an enhan…

Stump removal proceeds on Banyan

Two more dead banyan trees are now fully removed and stumps were ground up last week. The trees did not survive hurric…

WANTED: Reader of books

A new initiative at the Boca Grande Preschool will help children build their home libraries. They are looking for a gu…

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