■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Fire Department and Lee County EMS responded to their first shark bite call since 2005 on Wednesday, May 1. At approxim...
Notice to boaters: Waterway is closed through November
■ STAFF REPORT Installation of the Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc.’s temporary construction bridge is now underway just north of the existin...
New date for Ladies Howl
■ STAFF REPORT The annual Ladies Howl at the Moon Invitational Tarpon Tournament has a new date after being postponed on Saturday. The tournament will...
New WRTT art features some of our ‘setting sons’
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The artwork for the 2019 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament hit the streets last week, and it still has people tearing up a little ...
ISLAND LEO BEAT: Fishing poles stolen from two different locations
The weather may have cooled off, but the island is heating up with the hustle and bustle of season again. Visitors and residents alike are flocking ba...
TIS hits the road! Trips to Big Cat Habitat, Ringling Museum
All the students at The Island School took field trips last week. Shown here, grades 3-5 took their annual excursion to the Ringling Museum in Saraso...
LBHS tennis finishes year on good note
Lemon Bay High School tennis teams finished the year on positive notes.The boys finished their season as 2A District 11 Champs and won 2A Region 6 sem...
A couple from Cheshire, a Boca Grande love story
Dave and Hazel Webster of Cheshire, UK, were recently in town not only for their annual Boca Grande vacation, but for their year anniversary. They wer...
Profile: Janet Johnson
Janet Johnson has one of the most scenic views she has ever had from a desk job. Her current position with the Florida Department of Environmental Pro...