Above, Sir John Scarlett with his wife, Gwenda, after the talk at the Boca Grande Community Center. Photo by Garland
Sir John Scarlett ran Britain’s MI6. On Friday, he came to the Boca Gr…
Just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Boca Grande Hotel at 5800 Gasparilla Road due to a report of a man causing a disturbance and holding a c…
BY SUSAN HANAFEE
Do thoughts of artificial intelligence and the Chinese threat keep you awake at night? Are you worried about how the midterm elections will affect your pocketbook? Does the volat…
The Rev. Geoffrey Piper is the new Priest-in-Charge of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The appointment was announced Feb. 22, at the church’s annual meeting.
Last Sunday, the Rt. Rev. Douglas Scha…
A replacement portrait of Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield has been restored after damage from 2024 hurricanes. It will hang above the fireplace in the Crowninshield Community House as it had pr…
The last port agent and manager of Boca Grande’s phosphate dock, Joe Murray Freeman Jr., died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in Temple Terrace at age 96.
“He had so many answers that the highly educated…
The Boca Grande Community Center will host an evening of history and storytelling March 4 at 4:30 p.m. as author Jonathan Eig returns to the island to discuss his biography, “King: A Life.”
Know…
This week, just before the start of the fourth and final presentation of this year’s History Bytes series, Boca Grande Historical Society Vice President Scott Shively made a surprise presentation to…
The Friends of Boca Grande Fire Department kicked-off fund-raising activities at the last gathering of the Boca Grande Men’s Club.
At the meeting, Chief C.W. Blosser reviewed the activities need…
On Sunday, Feb. 15 around 4 p.m., while on marked patrol, Lee County Sheriff Deputy Angelo Lanni was stopped at the intersection of East Railroad Avenue and 5th Street. Several people who were cross…
