The Friends of Boca Grande have released their book list which includes authors that will be speaking in the 2026-27 Friends of Boca Grande season. Below is roundup of some books for the season, tak…
Harry Connick and Everly Brothers too
Above, performances are free. The season ahead includes a Christmas event, Yule Be Singin’. Photo by Dusty
The Grande Chorus have announced program highli…
Editor’s Note: Anna explored Lynn Steger’s new Florida novel for the recent Sept/Oct Gasparilla Magazine. For November, she talks to David Kushner, author of “Ocean of Bones,” to be released Nov. 3…
Above, the late Tom and Annette Dignam. Photo submitted
Thomas “Tom” Dignam, a lifelong Englewood resident, businessman, community leader, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and devo…
BY CAPT. CATHY EAGLE
I find the great egret to be an intriguing and beautiful bird. I often see them at the dock at the Tarpon Lodge in Pineland as I am getting my boat ready. The egrets often st…
The Fort Myers City Council approved Ronald A. Dente Jr. to serve as their new city attorney, while Lilliana Baker was sworn in as city clerk during the council’s Sept. 21 meeting.
Both were sele…
A USA Today survey apparently puts Boca Grande among the best of the “not dumpy” Florida cities. The roundup by Phil Fernandez of the USA Today network, tried to create a “Dumpy Scale” of Florida ci…
On the evening of Dec. 3, Cherie Ingordo-Devaux, trainer of Golden Tempo, the winner of the 2026 Kentucky Derby, will be speaking at Chophouse285 in Englewood to benefit the Lemon Bay High School Sc…
As you pick your dates or make your plans to return to your island residence, please remember to notify our office to change your address for mailing your newspaper. Call us at (941) 964-2995 or ema…
