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Early Thursday morning, there were high winds across the island. They caused waves that washed away newly deposited sand. T…

James F. Carlin, of Boca Grande, FL, and Newport, RI, passed away on March 2, 2025, in Newport, Rhode Island. Adored and ad…

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 o…

It should relieve beachgoers to learn that the number of unprovoked…

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…

A number of citizens came to Fort Myers today to address the issue of parking on Gasparilla Island with the Lee County Boar…

Crews recently carefully pruned the banyans on Banyan Street, led by Coastline Tree and Lee County’s consultant, Rick Joyce…

Charlotte County is now looking to return the old Placida Bunkhouse back to Placida for restoration, in a site possibly nor…