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Annual Easter Egg Hunt set
The Boca Grande Easter Egg Hunt will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2024. This free event is sponsored by Lee Count…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Placida Road owlets spring their nest
The family of owls nested in a giant street sign over Placida Road across from Lemon Bay High School have successfully rais…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Revamp for Palm Island’s Rum Bay
The restaurant Rum Bay in the Palm Island Resort on Palm Island has a new look and fully renovated interior and exterior. “…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Island emergency leads meet for Auxcomm introduction
The steering committee for Gasparilla Island’s new Auxiliary Emergen…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Cannonball jellyfish running in Gasparilla Pass
It was a beautiful sunny early afternoon after days of rain and cold…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Lemon Bay heads to Florida State Thespian Festival
The student theater troupe at Lemon Bay High School is heading to Tampa on March 13 for the Florida State Thespian Festival…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Island pastors meet to plan Easter
The leaders of the Boca Grande churches met this week to begin planning for the 2024 Holy Week and Easter services availabl…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Three missing boaters were fixtures at Boca Grande houses
Longtime employees, friends, rally to cause of lost fathers
Three of the four men lost off the coast near Venice in an a…
        
        
        
                
                
                        Cape Haze at nexus of American sawfish revival
We reside in a sawfish aquarium, Charlotte Harbor. It’s Jurassic Park, and you don’t have to visit Universal Orlando.
La…
        
        
        
                
                
                        SW Florida Fishing: Warm up to come…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The weather has been chilly but sunny this week in Boca Grande and the fishing has started to h…