Close to 100 people were present Thursday, April 10, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the expansion of The Island School. This is the first on-the-ground manifestation of the Friends of Boca Gran…
Boca Grande resident and veteran Bob Fletcher joined the 22nd Southwest Florida Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 8.
“It was phenomenal from start to finish,” said Fletcher, wh…
A house model, and last-minute updates to a design, helped to make the case that an island residence’s additions would be appropriate in scale to the Boca Grande Historic District.
The main…
A motion to move forward with the Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinance amendment, and direct it to an anticipated May 20 public hearing, was passed 3-2 with Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass and Commiss…
J.McLaughlin dedicates a day and collection to the Everglades every year. Each store is asked to do something special for the state-wide event and this year the Boca Grande store will feature acclai…
Captains for Clean Water held a meeting at the Boca Bay Beach Club Monday afternoon, March 31 with 90 Boca Grande attendees.
The event was hosted by Chandler Converse, Jim (Hooter) Hoyt, Peter He…
The Lee County Board of Commissioners meeting will start at 9:30 this morning. On the agenda is Boca Grande parking as well as a Gasparilla Island Water Authority rate item and a zoning item relatin…
During the 2024 fall hurricanes, the island’s historic Amory Memorial Chapel was severely damaged. Repairs have not started, though the building was remediated by the state. At the March Boca Grande…
Two times in the last few months, beachcombers in Boca Grande have found evidence of recent beach or water burials, where families have put their relatives at rest at sea, and did not know what to d…
Lee County has posted the agenda for the next Board of County Commissioners meeting, on which there is an item to “Direct to Public Hearing Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinance Amendments.”
The it…
