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Make it Grande! Royal Palm Players announces their 2023-24 season

SUBMITTED BY ROYAL PALM PLAYERS After three years of partial seasons, Royal Palm Players is poised and ready to entertai…

Decide a 100-year-old debate on November 8: Was Warren Harding one of our worst presidents?

Was Warren Harding one of our worst presidents? Next week, you can decide! On Wednesday, Nov. 8, historian Ryan Walte…

5th Street Veteran’s Memorial to be unveiled November 8, reception to follow at History Center

The renewed Veterans Memorial at the intersection of Gilchrist Ave. and Fifth St. on Boca Grande, will be unveiled on the m…
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Parking discussion continues

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We went from no towers to lots of towers

BY SHEILA EVANS AND MARCY SHORTUSE Not only do we have a new cell…

A lack of south end dunes has led to a lot of flooding … so what can be done?

Back in July of 1967, the headline in the News-Press of Fort Myers was, “What to Do About Eroded Tip of Boca Grande.” Th…

9 a.m. start to Saturday Halloween Carnival; Chamber of Commerce Downtown Walk on Halloween, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

The annual Halloween Carnival will start a little earlier, at 9 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Boca Grande Community Cen…

Gone too soon: ‘Miss Heidi’ Cahill

There are few people in this world who made as much of a positive impact on so many people as did Heidi Cahill, who passed…

GICIA Bike Path mulching will finalize summer planting project

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is entering the final phas…

Disappearance of unknowns helps clear up real estate season

As insurance issues and condominium assessments have cleared up, buyers and sellers have been getting a better picture of p…