Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce scholarship recipients this year. Shown above with Wally Rutan and Austin Fogo are Tazana Botterfield and Monica Heeg.
Photo by Tim Kern
2026 A Better Shot Scholar, Kylee Rice, from Port Charlotte High School. Photo submitted
A Better Shot scholarship recipients from Lemon Bay High School shown above with Tom and Donna Catanzarit…
I was able to enjoy up-close observations at this year’s tarpon fishing events. Smitty from Hudson’s was my teammate on our committee boat. Capt. Charley Coleman was generous and donated his 23 Dora…
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Field, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row.
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid th…
Wednesday, May 20, The Island School will have a golf cart parade to recognize the fifth-grade graduates. Each year the fifth graders write their favorite moments at the school ahead of graduation…
Day One of the Boca Grande Chamber’s World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament had 44 tarpon caught and released. Boca Blue’s first fish; Outta Line’s jump; Dusty McGonigal trying to stay upright; releases…
Progress on the bathroom facilities continues at the Sea Grape State Park beach access just north of South Beach Bar & Grille.
Photo by Garland
Business &a…
Final hurricane-related fixes for the south end of the island at Gasparilla Island State Park began this week.
“Right now they are sanding and repainting the pilings that hold up the lighthouse,”…
Two more historic banyan trees on Banyan Street were cut down this week, a result of salt-water flood intrusion from hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Lee County Department of Transportation crews we…
Above, Capt. Johns Knight addresses the crowd.
The Grande Tradition celebration is one of the signature events surrounding the annual World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament. Each year, the “Grande Tra…
