Got your bunting picked out? Your pinwheels primed? Your streamers slung high and low? We hope you do, because on Monday, July 4 at 9 a.m. the new traditional Freedom Gulf Cart Parade will begin…
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno visited Boca Grande on Thursday, June 30 to speak with local residents. Sheriff Marceno’s top priority of law and order and preserving the “hidden gem” that is ca…
PROVIDED BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION
Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc. will be temporarily changing the disinfection process for its Placida and Boca Grande potable (drinki…
The Boca Grande Fire Department has received an outstanding accreditation from the Bureau of Emergency Medical Oversight in the Florida Department of Health’s Division of Emergency Preparedness and…
The Boca Grande Fire Department responded to several calls throughout the latter part of the month, including the following:
On June 17 a missing boater was reported in our area, but the departme…
This summer has seen its fair share of thunderstorms, and it appears that the trend will continue. We’ve also had a good amount of lightning strikes during those storms, leaving us to once again pon…
Every day, we add more people on planet Earth and less topsoil, water and land with which to grow food. In 1945, the United Nations established the Food and Agriculture Organization that deals direc…
As we head into peak nesting season, now is the time when sea turtle patrollers really come together and work hard as a team. There are multiple nests laid each day on eight different zones from the…
July 1 marks a starting point in the liturgical year for those in the United Methodist tradition. Not coincidentally, it is also common for new Methodist pastors to begin their service on the first…
