The Charlotte County Commission has scheduled a budget public hearing at 5:01 p.m., or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference…
Above, the group on Sept. 7. Photos submitted
The Bocilla Islands Conservancy is expanding its conservation work along island shorelines, with two living shoreline restoration pr…
Concrete repairs at various Charlotte County parks are in the works nearing completion. The parks have been partially open during the process.
At top, the memorial area where there has been site…
A local taking a morning walk on the beach last week ended up with a legal crevalle jack that she took home and cooked for dinner that night.
“While on my Boca Grande beach walk at 7 a.m. on Thur…
So many factors in nature
Above, the “washback” covered in algae that was transported to Mote
As September begins, we near the end of sea turtle nesting season. For several weeks now, there…
Bishop Emilio Biosca Aguero visited Our Lady of Mercy on Aug. 27. He is pictured here with co-celebrants Rev. Anthony R. Hewitt, far left, and the Rev. Jerome Carosella. Fr. Hewitt is the current pa…
At Tuesday’s regular Lee County Board of County Commissioners meeting, the last reappointment was made for the upcoming cycle of term expirations for the Boca Grande Parking Committee.
During the…
BY ERNIE VANDERWALT
A drone pilot flying the north tip of Anna Maria Island, Florida, has captured footage of a piebald lemon shark cruising the shallows off Bean Point, and two shark researchers…
BY BETSY JOINER
Whidden’s Marina is the longest-running family-owned business on Gasparilla Island. Its story began with founder Sam Whidden in the early 1920s, his home and the marina building c…
What began as a writing project between a grandmother and her transgender grandson has become a published young adult mystery. “Leo, Detective,” written by award-winning former journalist and myster…
