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Fishing this weekend, clean-up next Saturday
■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Youth fishing Tournament will take place at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Boca Grande f…
November public hearing set for dog park debate
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Lee County Parks & Recreation announced last week it will host a public meeting at 2 p.m. on Tuesday…
A good deed done for the island by our iguana trapper
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Island iguana trapper George Cera drove by the little bench off the bike path at the south end across fr…
Historic Preservation Board has further discussion on potential code enforcement exemptions for downtown area
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Boar…
Sea turtle hatchlings rescued by patroller
■ BY SUE ERWIN Two baby green sea turtle hatchlings were very lucky l…
Fundraiser planned for teacher with island ties battling rare disease
■ BY SUE ERWIN Lauren Hanrahan once taught kindergarten at The Island School. Now she teaches third grade at Englewood Eleme…
Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary Club taking donations for Bahamas, island drop-off point at Key Agency Insurance
■ STAFF REPORT The Englewood Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary Club, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Englewood and the Rotar…
Island fire and rescue personnel respond to report of woman drowning in Gasparilla Sound
■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande Fire Department and Charlotte County marine unit responded to a distressed boater and a possible…
Profile: Dencina Ihlanberg
■ BY SUE ERWIN Dencina Ihlanberg is an amazingly strong woman – emotionally, physically and spiritually. Over a few short ye…
Obituary: George Robert Baker
George Robert Baker – November 5, 1929 to September 3, 2019 – died peacefully at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago…