■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Work has begun on the new outdoor stage at the Boca Grande Community Center, and the project, which will include a sunshade, will ...
Attention voters: Don’t forget to request your ballot!
■ BY SUE ERWIN The countdown is on for the August primary election, and this is a reminder for Lee County and Charlotte County voters who are up north...
New reef to be built in honor of Pace Taylor
■ BY SUE ERWIN Pace Ervin Taylor was a 19-year-old, fun-loving, free spirited kid who enjoyed everything about life, and he especially loved fishing i...
Trash containers full and it’s only Monday? There’s a fix for that
■ STAFF REPORT Nothing spoils your happy vacation mood like arriving at a beautiful beach house with an overstuffed trash receptacle at the end of the...
More hatchlings arrive, two juvenile strandings released
■ BY SUE ERWIN Sea turtle nests are continuing to hatch at a fast rate on the island, and more than 80 new nests have been recorded this week. As of J...
Endangered turtle released after recovering from fishing gear entanglement
■ STAFF REPORT Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital staff released a subadult Kemp’s ridley turtle on Friday, July 13, fr...
Lemon Bay Touchdown Club fishing tournament scheduled for August 3, 4
■ STAFF REPORT The Lemon Bay Touchdown Club’s seventh annual fishing tournament is set for Saturday, Aug. 4 at Boca Grande Marina, 220 Harbor Drive, B...
Robert and all the other Johnsons
■ BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Robert Johnson is the historian of the Boca Grande Historical Society, a group in which he has played an impor...
Fire in the night consumes five acres
■ On the evening of Tuesday, July 17 approximately five acres of woods on the mainland off Gasparilla Road burned, with the cause believed to be light...
Profile Capt. Jack Sanzalone
The moment you meet Capt. Jack Sanzalone, you sense his presence commands respect. In all aspects of his life, he always tries to find a way to improv...