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First day of school starts with a full house, new faces and a (not so) surprising mask announcement from Lee County

On Tuesday, Aug. 10 the classrooms at The Island School were once again ringing with the sounds of the voices of teachers a…

A crisis of Quorum: NHR meeting ends abruptly as member is asked to recuse herself

On the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 5 a webinar held by the Florida Department of State’s National Historic Review Board sho…

PROFILE: Karen Harrison-Trent

Karen Harrison-Trent was born and raised in Jamaica and is familiar with island life. “I’m from Jamaica, so yes, Boca Gr…

OBITUARY: Howard Bruce Witt

Howard Bruce Witt, 81, of Chicago, IL and Boca Grande passed away on…

EDITORIAL: More COVID lessons learned through experience

This is an editorial piece. It does not reflect information given by…

Sidewalk ordinance draft to go before BGHPB

While the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board hasn’t met since June, they still have only two regular items on the agen…

Lee County Commissioner Ruane to head campaign to stop Lake O flow from coming this way

Lee County District 1 Commissioner Kevin Ruane is on a mission to make a difference regarding our water quality, and you ca…

Lee County Attorney Wesch proposes to pursue litigation against state regarding National Register nomination, county commissioners agree

Just days prior to a scheduled online meeting of the National Historic Review Board to determine whether the Boca Grande Re…

The Boca Grande History Center presents ‘The Fugate Family in Boca Grande’

BY KAREN GRACE AND THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER The first Fugate in Boca Grande was Jerome who arrived by train and fe…

While Englewood suffers from massive fish kill, our island is hit-and-miss with red tide

As the water heats up and the rains start coming more frequently, we all start to get nervous about our old nemsis named re…