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Humane Society seeks support for pets during SNAP shortage

As the government shutdown continues, families face increased food insecurities that deeply affect every member of the household, including pets. The absence of SNAP support may leave many strugglin…

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Humane Society seeks support for pets during SNAP shortage

November 6, 2025

As the government shutdown continues, families face increased food insecurities that deeply affect every member of the household, including pets. The absence of SNAP support may leave many strugglin…

Suncoast Humane supporters

November 6, 2025

The Suncoast Humane Society honored Peter and Elsa Soderberg on Tuesday, Nov. 4 as part of National Philanthropy Day. The society said in a release that their “longstanding and deep commitment to Su…

Upcoming Events: November 2025

November 6, 2025

Big Mouth Chili The Boca Grande Chamber is hosting the Big Mouth Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 4th St. and Bayou Ave. Mouth-watering chili recipes, music and…

Education

Boca Grande Preschool given Palm Avenue commercial building

October 30, 2025

The Boca Grande Preschool, Inc. is new the owner of 311 Palm Avenue. The Palm Avenue property was donated by the Pete and Ginny Nicholas family. It is zoned as commercial, located behind the 3rd…

Golf scholarship program builds youth leadership at Lemon Bay

October 23, 2025

A BETTER SHOT FOUNDATION This fall, three students are beneficiaries of scholarships through the A Better Shot Foundation and its summer programs held at Lemon Bay Golf Club. Below are some of th…

A Day of Firsts: Kindergarten Drop-off on the Island

August 14, 2025

I’ve spent most of my life in school – from kindergarten through my doctoral studies – and stayed closely connected to the educational system as a certified school nurse and professor of nursing, tr…

Entertainment

Charlotte Libraries hosts retrospective on director Robert Altman

November 6, 2025

Charlotte County Community Services will host a retrospective series of the films of Robert Altman (1947-2006) at the Port Charlotte Library this month. This three-part film series explores the f…

Scholar opens series with Lincoln lecture

November 6, 2025

Join the Friends of Boca Grande on Wednesday, November 12, at 4:30 p.m. for the opening lecture of the Friends 2025/26 series featuring Michael Burlingame, the foremost American expert on Abraham Li…

Upcoming Events: November 2025

November 6, 2025

Big Mouth Chili The Boca Grande Chamber is hosting the Big Mouth Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 4th St. and Bayou Ave. Mouth-watering chili recipes, music and…

Community History, Profiles

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Veterans Memorial

Ceremony to be held at 5th Street When residents and visitors gather on Veterans Day at the corner of Gilchrist Avenue and 5th Street, they will do so at a site that has quietly commemorated military service for more than 70 years. The Boca Grande Veterans Memorial, first established in the early 1950s, continues to […]

Sports & Outdoors

Health & Wellness

Englewood Hospital earns distinctions

October 30, 2025

HCA Florida Englewood Hospital announced Wednesday that it has earned multiple five-star distinctions for exceptional clinical performance from Healthgrades, the online doctor or hospital ratings se…

OPINION: MARK DRISCOLL

October 23, 2025

Reflecting on five years at the Clinic I was walking on the island the other day, passing the construction site where the new Clinic of the Future is taking shape, when I stopped for a moment to…

Health Clinic taken from the air

October 9, 2025

An aerial view of the construction of the future Boca Grande Health Clinic, looking south, taken Thursday morning. The building, replacing a storm damaged Annex, is part of their Clinic of the Futur…

Flu shot season

October 2, 2025

The Boca Grande Health Clinic is helping the community prepare for flu season by offering flu vaccinations throughout October and November. Shots are available for all registered Clinic patients as…

Police & Fire

Historic Collier Inn nearly burns on Tuesday

November 6, 2025

Maintenance worker Peter Frazzetta, up early Tuesday Nov. 4, helped saved the historic Collier Inn on Useppa Island from a fire during its renovation. “He gets up early and grades the roads befo…

Former employee convicted

October 30, 2025

Must serve five years in prison A woman who stole from her job at Scarpa’s Coastal Restaurant in Boca Grande last year has been adjudicated guilty and sentenced to six years in prison, followed b…

Fire Department breast cancer awareness shirts on sale now

October 30, 2025

The Boca Grande Fire Department is showing off their breast cancer t-shirts. Purchase the shirts at the Fire Station in support of the cause. Photo submitted

Sheriff house approval at Lee Commission

October 23, 2025

The Lee County Board of Commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to replace the sheriff’s house at Wheeler Road, which was damaged by Hurricane Milto…

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Obituaries

David John Williams 1942-2025

David John Williams of East Haddam, Conn., and Boca Grande, Fla., passed away on November 2, 2025, after a courageous battle with metastasized melan…

Mary Naylor Donahue 1940-2025

Mary Naylor Donahue passed away peacefully on October 19, 2025, following a courageous battle with kidney and heart disease. She was 85 and a devote…

Otilia Yanes Fernandez 1934-2025

Otilia Yanes Fernandez, dearly beloved wife of 65 years of the late Emilio Fernandez, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2025, at the age of 91. Lovi…

Matthew Gilmour Thompson 1942-2025

Matthew Gilmour Thompson, 83, died on September 24, 2025. Born in Richmond on June 3, 1942, to Madeline Waller and Edward Thompson, Matt is survived…

Deborah A. Cooper-Heimann 1951-2025

Deborah A. Cooper-Heimann, 73, of Cape Coral passed away unexpectedly Sunday September 28, 2025. She was born in St. Louis, MO in 1951 to her parent…