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At its Tuesday, Oct. 28 meeting, the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners will again take up the topic of Boca Gr…

The actual removal of the Bayou Bridge began this week on behalf of the Gasparilla Island Water Association. A barge and…

Property owners in Municipal Service Benefit Units and Municipal Service Taxing Units (MSTU/TU) can sign up for information…

Mary Naylor Donahue passed away peacefully on October 19, 2025, foll…

New firefighter-paramedic at BGFD When firefighter-paramedic Pat…

From Illinois, turtle appreciation BY RICK MUSGROVE When I first arrived at the west side of Gasparilla Island in Boc…

Reflecting on five years at the Clinic I was walking on the island the other day, passing the construction site where th…

FIVE YEARS AGO The north end of the island and town were undergoing road construction and detours as sidewalk improvemen…

Last weekend, even on Sunday, Lee County was out and about on the island putting up new parking signs. Yes, on Sunday. We’r…

A sneak preview of Keith and Laurie Farlow’s new undertaking, Chophouse285 by Farlow’s, located on Dearborn Street in Engle…