News
$4.5 million in road projects begin
December 5, 2024
This week, Lee County contractors began the process of repairing roads across Gasparilla Island as part of repairs from recent hurricanes.
The $4.5 million project, which will take approximately…
Blue letter box must wait ‘til Post Office returns
December 5, 2024
There is no word on the opening date of the Boca Grande Post Office. In addition, the blue USPS letter box across the street, the island’s only post box, has also disappeared. Residents, who now…
Xmas Walk Saturday, Tree Lighting Sunday
December 5, 2024
The annual Boca Grande Christmas Walk is Saturday, Dec. 7. Santa will drive through town in the firetruck around 5:30 p.m., and children will be able to visit with Santa at the Fire Station.
The…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Hurricane correspondent and recorder Ann Wolfe Combee
December 5, 2024
Ann Combee, who has become a hurricane eyewitness of sorts in Boca Grande, lives two lives. Part of each week she is the owner of a spa for dogs in Winter Haven; the other part of the week she is ba…
Final hurricane debris collection Dec. 9
December 4, 2024
Starting Dec. 9, debris trucks will begin their final collections for any remaining Hurricane Milton debris at the roadsides of unincorporated Lee County.
The county is asking that resident place…
EcoWatch: Consider buying American-made products
November 28, 2024
“I have come to a resolution myself, as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make, be the difference of price what…
SW Florida Fishing: Record setting year for G.I.F.T.
November 28, 2024
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
A record setting year all around for the 29th annual Gasparilla Island Fly Fishing Tournament presented by Gasparilla Outfitters. This year the tournament hosted fifteen…
Lemon Bay theatre brings down the house
November 28, 2024
Lemon Bay High School theatre cast (right) performed “Catch Me If You Can” to a packed house. Tristen Sasser and Makaila Lindsey (left) are putting their best foot forward. Additional plays and…
Bridge passholders get 17 days for storm
November 28, 2024
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority held their finance committee and quarterly board meeting on Wednesday morning, Nov. 20. At the recommendation of Executive Director Kathy Banson, the board vot…
Concrete not on county pickup list
November 28, 2024
Residents of Boca Grande in Lee County with leftover concrete debris from Hurricane Milton are reminded to dispose of it properly at approved facilities. The Charlotte County Landfill at 29751 Zemel…