Archives
OBITUARY: Ariel Spurgeon
Ariel Quinn Spurgeon passed away on December 21, 2021 at the age of 30. Daughter, sister, mother, friend and forever mermai…
Celebration of Life for Ray Smedley
Raymond Smedley’s Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, Dec. 30 at 10 a.m. at The Lighthouse United Methodist Church…
OBITUARY: Jean Ferguson
Jean Dwinell Ferguson, proper to the very last, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on December 16, 2021, exactly two months aft…
PROFILE: Hazel Singletary Presley
When most of us stroll the streets of Boca Grande, we see Fugate’s…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘First Day’ of 2022 hikes through Florida parks
To the Editor:
People often view an approaching new year as a ti…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Scholarships Available through GCCF
To the Editor:
The Gulf Coast Community Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2022-23 scholarship program. A…
‘Magna Carta’ collection, ‘Herstory’ luncheon on BGHC agenda
The Boca Grande History Center is excited to announce the formal opening of three new exhibits in addition to the current m…
Golf cart vs. tree reported Friday morning
At approximately 7 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 24 the Boca Grande Fire Department, Lee County EMS and the Lee County Sheriff’s Off…
EcoWatch: Sharing nostalgic island memories of the past
“To bring a departed one back to life is no great magic.
Few are wholly gone;
blow on a departed man’s em…











