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Hurricane recovery news and notes from Lee County Commission

Lee County, through our First District Commissioner Kevin Ruane, sent the Boca Beacon and the island an update on all that…
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EcoWatch: Hurricane impacts on wildlife and animals

“Whenever there’s human devastation, there’s animal devastation. If people can’t get out, animals can’t get out!” Sierra…
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Report: Boca Grande Hurricane Passes no longer needed after Friday at 5 p.m.

On Friday, Oct. 25 at 5 p.m., the need for a Hurricane Pass will be eliminated for Gasparilla Island. This will also coinci…
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Lee County offers permit office in Boca Grande Oct. 31

FORT MYERS – The Lee County Department of Community Development cont…

GIBA toll collections will resume at midnight tonight, Oct. 23

Toll collections at the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will resu…

Boca Grande hurricane recovery fundraiser links

Following the destruction from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, several island businesses have set up fundraisers to help with…
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Water service returns to most of Gasparilla Island

Gasparilla Island Water Association has about 95 percent of the island’s water connections back in service. “We are getting…
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Water service update for Boca Grande

At the end of the day on Friday, Oct. 18, GIWA Executive Director Ron Bolton reported that approximately 60 percent of memb…
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Boca Grande Health Clinic post-Hurricane

BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO As we begin the long road to recovery following Hurricane Milton, we want to express our heartfelt…

Recovery scenes

Above, the exterior of the railroad station shows progress in cleanup. Below, a water truck waits by the Louise duPont Crow…