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January 23, 2025
Keep your puffy jackets on as Enzo keeps a chill over Florida this weekend. Saturday and Sunday will be sunny, however,  with highs of 65 and 73 degrees. Here Aliyah and Jeremiah Andrews enjoyi…

January 23, 2025
Please continue to use caution while using the GICIA Bike Path. Crews on heavy equipment continue to work to restore the walking path and fill the steep washout areas along the paved section of the…

January 23, 2025
Worker stuck to roof until EMS extrication Last Friday, Jan. 17, a nail gun shot a nail through the hand of a roof carpenter on 19th Street. Lee County EMS was called to the scene at 9 a.m. The e…

January 16, 2025
Lee County has announced that a number of beach access points have officially reopened on Gasparilla Island. The beach access points, part of Lee County Parks & Recreation, were closed after Hur…

January 16, 2025
The Boca Grande Post Office, closed since Hurricane Helene, this week is one step closer to completion.  Owner Mark Spurgeon said that there is progress in the renovation, which involved the tota…

January 16, 2025
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, at far right, spoke to an overflow group at the Boca Grande Men’s Club luncheon on Wednesday this week. Shown above from left are Greg Brown, Motorola CEO and…

January 14, 2025
Lee County has announced that a number of beach access points have reopened on Gasparilla Island. The beach access points, part of Lee County Parks & Recreation, were closed after Hurricanes Hel…

January 9, 2025
BY BOOTS TOLSDORF In September we all suffered from two horrific hurricanes. Our realities were shattered. We had to face the hard truths of our present devastation and get on with repairing our…

January 9, 2025
The Boca Grande Film Festival 2025 is set for Feb. 19-21 and the auditorium in the Community Center will be ready to use for the festival. “The auditorium will be our theater for the year,” said Deb…

January 9, 2025
A little help from humans these days will go a long way later. Since the hurricane, there have not been many flowering plants for the bee population. Putting out sugar water can help.               …