■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Community Center’s 16th annual Turkey Hoop Shoot contest will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23. The event will start at 10 ...
Historic Preservation Board ends meeting with more code enforcement discussion, passes church plan
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Boca Grande Historic Preservation monthly meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 13 was met with a goodly crowd in the Boca Grande Communi...
A history of miscommunication with Lee County: the Promenade
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The controversy surrounding the Promenade – a walkway that runs along the land by the seawall from 1st Street to 4th Street – hasn...
RPP’s ‘Lion in Winter’ Duplicitous, deceitful, dangerous and delightful
■ BY BOOTS TOLSDORF, RPP The time is 1183. “We are all barbarians,” says Eleanor. It is Christmas at King Henry’s chateau in Chinon, Touraine, in the ...
We will miss you, CiCi
■ STAFF REPORT We are sad to report the death of CiCi Ives this past week. She was a fixture on the island for many, many years and a beloved friend t...
Australian pines to be taken down on Railroad Avenue, road closure scheduled
■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande motorists are encouraged to seek alternate routes from 7 a.m. to noon from Tuesday, Nov. 19 through Thursday, Nov. 21. A tr...
ISLAND SHERIFF, FIRE AND EMS: Wayward raft, two children rescued from Boca Grande Pass
■ STAFF REPORT It isn’t every day that the Boca Grande Fire Department takes their jet ski out to rescue a wayward unicorn, but Sunday, Nov. 11 was th...
Final phase in Savann Kabrit, motivation for Boca Grande Hope For Haitians
■ STAFF REPORT The Hope For Haitians Committee along with their partners, Food For The Poor, are preparing for the 11th annual Boca Grande Hope For Ha...
Mercabo Cove restoration gearing up for groundbreaking
■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA If you have noticed some activity at the Mercabo Preserve site, that’s because the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improve...
Burch family moves into North Carolina mountains with new store called The Mountain Mermaid
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Highlands and Cashier’s N.C. have always been sister towns to Boca Grande, as many of our residents have homes there or visit freq...