Woman’s Club makes local grants
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…
New Gasparilla Magazine and Tarpon Times out now
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 …
Eldred’s Marina listed with national brokerage
$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…
Briefly: Laser Regatta on April 14 at the Boca Bay Powerhouse
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…
R. P. Eddy at Men’s Club
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…
Briefly: Meet your Charlotte officials on April 17 at Community Center
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…
Opinion: There’s a nitrogen problem in Charlotte Harbor
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…
Why Placida matters to Gasparilla Island
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…
Lee County seeks barges, debris staging
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…
SW Florida Fishing: Spring fishing is here
BY CAPT. SANDY MELVIN
The past week a long Easter holiday weekend and spring breaks from school brought lots of families out on the water.
Some pretty stiff winds most days kept the offshore…