Author: Staff Report

How do you spell fun? Look for Royal Palm’s Putnam Spelling Bee

February 29, 2024
Staff Report
Entertainment, Events, News

BY ERICA RESS MARTIN March 13 is the night I look forward to and dread. It’s the night RPP’s “The 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” opens. This hectic, exhilarating, difficult show is causing...

Bike Parade and Woman’s Club Spring Fair March 9

The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Spring Fair, All Aboard the Boca Grande Express, arrives on Saturday, March 9. Come out and celebrate what makes Boca Grande special and have a great time with friends...

Artists join Strawberry Festival lineup this Saturday

February 29, 2024
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Events, Featured News, News

The Annual Boca Grande Strawberry Festival, held on the grounds of the Boca Grande Community Center, is a long-standing island tradition known for fresh Strawberry Shortcake, a fabulous Silent Auction,...

Fust Library Foundation offers writing and research roundtable March 14

February 29, 2024
Staff Report
Entertainment, Events, News

On March 14, at 4 p.m., local writers Linda Fairstein, Susan Hanafee, Candice Shy Hooper and Bobbie Marquis will gather in the loggia of the Johann Fust Community Library to talk about how they approach...

Annual Easter Egg Hunt set

February 29, 2024
Staff Report
Events, News

The Boca Grande Easter Egg Hunt will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2024. This free event is sponsored by Lee County Parks & Recreation and The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center....

Placida Road owlets spring their nest

February 29, 2024
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

The family of owls nested in a giant street sign over Placida Road across from Lemon Bay High School have successfully raised their owlets, according to reports by Eva Furner, who has been watching...

SW Florida Fishing: Warm up to come…

February 22, 2024
Staff Report
Sports & Outdoors

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE The weather has been chilly but sunny this week in Boca Grande and the fishing has started to heat up in the mid day to late afternoon hours. We have been catching quite...

Obituary: Denee Peyton, 1985-2024

February 22, 2024
Staff Report
Obituaries

Friends and family of the late Denee Peyton, who worked as a clerk at The Temptation’s liquor store, Park Ave Wine and Spirits, from 2010 until her recent and unexpected death at age 38, will...

History Bytes: Leslie Porter Joiner on ‘Effie’

February 22, 2024
Staff Report
Community History

Memories of Effie Sapp Joiner, 1900-96 Artist Leslie Porter Joiner shared stories about Effie Sapp Joiner at a talk at the Fust Library as part of the Boca Grande Historical Society’s History Bytes...

Briefly: Wildflower open house

February 22, 2024
Staff Report
News

Lemon Bay Conservancy will host its annual open house from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24. The free event will be held at the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve at 3120 Gasparilla Pines Blvd....