A power boat sank just off the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority swing bridge on Saturday, from a reported collision.
Lee EMS released a “watercraft in distress” and “collision” bulletin that re…
At 5:30 p.m., every other Sunday during the summer, residents who live on island year-round get together to see familiar faces at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The next get together is Aug. 4.
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Lee County was notified Friday, July 19, that FEMA will maintain unincorporated Lee County’s CRS rating of 5 and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholder discounts at this time. …
Artist Larry Anderson has just finished the last part of a mural for the children’s section in the Johann Fust Library loggia area.
In 2022, Anderson was hired by the Johann Fust Library Foun…
A “maximum duration of two hours.” That would be the time limit for metered parking in Boca Grande in a draft code change from Lee County, circulated on Monday, May 6, 2024, that would update t…
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
When people learn that I volunteer with BGSTA’s Turtle Patrol, so many of them say how much they would love to do that too, so I figured I would bring you along o…
The big story on our local waterfront currently is the pending Eldred’s Marina sale. Whether this deal goes through or not, the property will change ownership soon. The next generation has a dozen v…
BY JAMES BLAHA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
On February 10, 1930, the following article appeared in the Fort Myers News-Press: “Plans for a three-story resort hotel at Boca Grande to cost appr…
Wood eaters BEWARE! Thus read the sign on Sunday, July 14, as The Gasparilla Inn was wrapped for termites, in black, by Truly Nolen. The wrap echoed the work of the artist Christo (except for the p…
In a move to honor its legacy and mark a new chapter in its storied history, Carr Companies has announced that it is rebranding to CarrAmerica.
“As we transition to CarrAmerica, we are more comm…
