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Relief requests to BGWC have slowed, but still coming

BY THE BOCA GRANDE WOMAN’S CLUB Boca Grande Woman’s Club President Chris Reecher announced this week that while new appl…

Debris deadline is January 3

Lee County Solid Waste requests residents of Boca Grande to put their Hurricane Ian debris curbside by Tuesday, Jan. 3. Con…

Lee County Commissioners approve funding for several island beach projects

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday, Dec. 20 to approve interlocal agreements to fund 14 Lee County Beach a…

Christmas around the island

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Disaster Relief Fund, which has helped so many with so much, receives thanks from community

BY SUSAN HANAFEE Notes of gratitude continue to pour into the Boca Grande Disaster Relief Fund, which was set up in the…

Nothing but crickets … GME residents residents still wait for a word from someone as to why landowner is allowed to keep utilities shut off

While much of Gasparilla Mobile Estates was dark last Saturday night, in the very back there was a little corner of festivi…
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A visual aid for what ails you, courtesy of the BGHC

It used to be that we wondered if we caught a flu bug or just had a case of the common cold. Then we weren’t sure if our al…

Two of Boca Grande’s favorite speakers featured at first of Friends’ 2023 lecture series – Millard and Amar to return

BY ROGER LEWIS Two favorite speakers from past years, Candice Millard and Akhil Reed Amar, will lead the 2023 programmin…

Island birds, animals starting to peek their heads out post-Ian

People have started noticing a change in the air. It is not only the cold fronts that have started bringing lower temperatu…