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An engineering firm has applied for preliminary permitting for conversion and construction of Amory Chapel in the Gasparill…

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 Ser…

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

New firefighter-paramedic at BGFD When firefighter-paramedic Pat Sherman joined the Boca Grande Fire Department, he wasn…

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…