The last meeting of the Rotary Club of Rotonda was held, Thursday, July 11 at The Hills Golf And Country Club. President Charles Smith presided over distribution of remaining funds to 21 local cha…
A list of seasonal island closures and times of operation from this week’s Ballyhoo.
Retail Establishments & Marinas:
Aqua Boutique is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. a…
Working in the healthcare field can be one of the most rewarding careers going. That is something Angela Begley has discovered, and it gets even better when you can do it at the Boca Grande Health C…
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…
