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Regina S. Rockefeller Regina Rockefeller was 21 when she first came to Boca Grande. She was Regina Strazzulla, a young w…

Gasparilla Island Water Association thanks Margate city utility crews BY JERRY EDGERTON PRESIDENT, GIWA BOARD We woul…

To the Editor: I read with increasing disappointment and real concern about the Lee County Commission’s continued…

Early Thursday morning, there were high winds across the island. The…

James F. Carlin, of Boca Grande, FL, and Newport, RI, passed away on…

James “Jim” Carroll Barany, born December 8, 1935, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on February 2, 2025, in…

Hermitage Fellow James Schlefer performed “Music Mondays: Schlefer on Shakuhachi: Ancient Flute in Modern Times” to a packe…

It should relieve beachgoers to learn that the number of unprovoked shark attacks came down to a measly 47 incidents worldw…

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Spring is almost here on Boca Grande and the fishing has been very good! We are still experienc…

The influenza pandemic of 1918 may well be the greatest scourge ever to affect humanity, exacting a death toll greater than…