Tarpon season is in full swing.
The Ladies Day tarpon tournament was successful despite windy weather. Capt. Frank Davis aboard the Native guided his sister-in-law to two silver kings and a first…
This Saturday, May 24, is the Buzz Me’Up Boca H20 Festival, held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and Placida.
The music lineup for the sandbar, according to organizer Brian…
The last day of the blue food barrels for Boca Grande on island was Monday, May 19. Jane Caple thanks all for their support for the homeless in Englewood through Englewood Helping Hand.
During t…
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he World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament kicked off on Wednesday afternoon, May 14. There were 28 releases on the first day of fishing and 60 fish caught in total.
“The wind stirs the pass…
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association (BGSTA) is back out patrolling the beaches of Gasparilla Island for sea turtle nesting activity, and we didn’t have long to…
Ruane chairs Tourism Development Council
The Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau and Lee County Parks & Recreation have partnered to give local residents and visitors new ways to kick…
Each year, Paula Barth brings a group to Boca Grande from Miami for tennis. This has been a tradition for the last decade. This year the friendly competition was held at the Boca Bay Pass Club. Abov…
Almost 500 parking spaces lost to unpermitted gardening
At the parking community meeting on Tuesday, May 13, Lee County Commissioner David Mulicka presented several large maps prepared by county…
There is only one scheduled item relating to Boca Grande in the upcoming Lee County Board of County Commissioners meeting set for May 20 at 9:30 a.m. It is a notice to Petition to Vacate a drainage…
The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum opened May 5, after, what they generously called, eight months of “stormy setbacks.” The re-opening was a celebration, as Linda Edic, the wife of the lat…
