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April 11, 2024
Last remnant of historic Placida village  The Placida Bunkhouse, a 1907 cottage used to house the railroad workers of the Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railroad, will get an architectural sur…

April 11, 2024
Since its founding in the Fall of 1948, the Boca Grande Woman’s Club has consistently fulfilled its mission of community improvement through contributions to community projects and local non-profi…

April 11, 2024
The May/June edition of Gasparilla Magazine is out, featuring stories on water quality organizations, Boca Grande brands and Florida’s 3,500-year-old Senator Tree. Plus, this edition includes our …

April 11, 2024
$40 plus million price hoped The Placida marina Eldred’s is listed for sale with the national brokerage firm Avison Young as of March 15. “We are excited by the listing of this iconic proper…

April 11, 2024
There will be a 2024 Island Regatta for the BSYC Laser Class model remote controlled boats on Sunday, April 14 at the Boca Bay Powerhouse.  Qualifying races start around 2 p.m. Finals are aroun…

April 11, 2024
Ergo CEO R.P. Eddy, at right, spoke to the Boca Grande Men’s Club on Monday, April 8. He recently co-authored ‘Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes.’ He is pictured here with his fath…

April 11, 2024
Islanders are cordially invited to attend next week’s Town Hall at the Community Center. It will be held Wednesday, April 17 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. This will be an opportunity to meet Charlo…

April 11, 2024
BY ROBERT J. ROBBINS AND PERCY ANGELO, CAPE HAZE Charlotte County operates four wastewater treatment plants that use secondary treatment systems that fail to remove most nutrients such as nitro…

April 11, 2024
This week, we have a story on the sale of Eldred’s (pictured here). Of course, we all know it needs a new custodian. Its current, old Florida, charming and useful state, cannot survive when the pr…

April 4, 2024
Lee County voted to accept the Resilient Lee Recovery and Resilience Plan at its Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, March 19. This plan is the product of the Long-Term Recovery T…