BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It’s been a long, hard road to find out exactly what Lee County calls the thin strip of land that borders the sea wall betwe...
Chowder for everyone! Courtesy of The Island School
STAFF REPORT – If you are a fan of chowdery goodness, enchanting auction items and our island’s children, you need to make plans to stop by the ...
Johnson’s attorney files countermotion in ‘rocks’ suit
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The case of the 3rd Street rocks continues, as council for local historian Robert Johnson has filed a motion to dismiss the ...
It’s ‘Love Lines’ time again!
It’s almost time to start writing those valentines! If you want to submit a valentine for this year’s Friday, Feb. 14 edition, you need to submit it b...
Looks like there’s a ‘Wild, Wild West’ show a’comin’
STAFF REPORT – The committee for this year’s Boca Grande Woman’s Club Spring Fair met recently to make plans for the 2020 Spring Fair, which wil...
A breakdown of the 11 productions to be featured at the Boca Grande Film Festival
STAFF REPORT – The 2nd annual Boca Grande Film Festival will begin on Thursday, Feb. 20 with a great line-up of 11 movies to be enjoyed. Here is...
Empty kayak leaves searchers scrambling to recover a victim
STAFF REPORT – Local search-and-rescue personnel were scouring the waters around Gasparilla Island on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 19 for the pot...
Ed Raine to speak at annual homes for Haiti reception
STAFF REPORT – Fundraising for 50 new homes for Haiti will continue with the Boca Grande Hope For Haitians annual cocktail and hors d’oeuvres re...
Hot browns, street corn, tres leches and more … The Taste of Boca Grande, Part II
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Here we are with the second installment of three rounding out the menus of the Taste of Boca Grande, which will be held on M...
Two deaths investigated on island in past few weeks
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The island was the locale for two deaths in the past few weeks, and both deaths were of relatively young individuals. On Monday, N...