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John Curley 1944-2025
John (Jack) R. Curley (81) of Placida, Fla., passed away on September 12, 2025. Jack graduated from East Bridgewater High S…
John Ashworth 1934-2025
John Ashworth, formerly of Marion, Ohio, Boca Grande, Fla., and Cedarville, Mich., passed away on September 20, 2025, surro…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Caroline Gannon
Pine View teacher with Lighthouse story
When visitors step into the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse, they’re often greeted…
EcoWatch: A last-ditch effort to protect the world’s seas
Just as we have the power to harm the oceans, we have the power to p…
Vice Chairman Cecil Pendergrass offers Coffee with a Commissioner event
Vice Chairman Pendergrass invites community members to join him for…
County map shows 441 new island parking signpoles, 751 new signs
Above and below, images from the county’s geographic information system map. The signs are not to scale. GIS screenshots…
No new crawls since August on island
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
YAWN. Pardon me, but the sea turtle nesting season for us patrollers is such a boring ti…
New entrance at Community Center
Progress continued on renovations to the Boca Grande Community Center this week. One change is the slight update to the…
Lai joins Lee Tourist Development
The Lee Board of County Commissioners recently appointed John Lai to the Lee County Tourist Development Council.
Lai wil…
Preservation Board considers Railroad Ave. house
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet to review two projects on Gasparilla Island. The first project is ent…











