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Utility employees light up Fire Department
Florida Power & Light Company surprised the Boca Grande Fire Department by putting up lights and decorations on the bui…
$4.5 million in road projects begin
This week, Lee County contractors began the process of repairing roads across Gasparilla Island as part of repairs from rec…
Blue letter box must wait ‘til Post Office returns
There is no word on the opening date of the Boca Grande Post Office. In addition, the blue USPS letter box across the s…
Xmas Walk Saturday, Tree Lighting Sunday
The annual Boca Grande Christmas Walk is Saturday, Dec. 7. Santa wil…
GUEST ESSAY: This hunter remains circumspect after 10-point buck ‘attack’
BY GARY MARTIN
It has just come to our attention that an elderly…
GUEST ESSAY: Reunited with beloved Bass Weejuns from college days
Favorite Maine loafer, maybe tassels next?
BY SUSAN HANAFEE
I scrimped together the money for my first pair of Bass W…
Last pass for island hurricane debris begins Monday
For folks returning to Gasparilla Island, large piles of hurricane debris lining Gasparilla Road have been the dominant ima…
Martha Jane Randall 1931-2024
Martha Jane (Brunk) Randall, who died September 3, 2024, the day after her 93rd birthday, was many things to the people who…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Hurricane correspondent and recorder Ann Wolfe Combee
Ann Combee, who has become a hurricane eyewitness of sorts in Boca Grande, lives two lives. Part of each week she is the ow…
Final hurricane debris collection Dec. 9
Starting Dec. 9, debris trucks will begin their final collections for any remaining Hurricane Milton debris at the roadside…