The King Fisher Fleet tour boat line has returned for her Saturday jaunts from Punta Gorda to Boca Grande. The vessels Charlotte Lady, Helen M, and Miss Elissa (the new fast catamaran) are here ever…
Nature rarely disappoints. Randy Reid caught this photo of what looks to be a non-native brown anole being eaten last week. The anole, as well as the spiny-tailed iguana, are considered nuisances to…
Benefits new equipment
The Boca Grande Fire Department is once again holding its Putting Around Boca Grande open house on April 5. The Fire Department is raising money to replenish trucks, equipm…
A crew from the fashion line Hunter Bell was on island in January to photograph their spring collection, interpreted amidst the architectural landmarks of Boca Grande. That collection just dropp…
The first annual Big Mouth Chili Challenge, hosted by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 15.
The cookoff, which will be held at 4th S…
USPS sometimes dispatches mobile units
Gasparilla Island continues to wait for the reopening of the Boca Grande Post Office, which has been closed since it was flooded during 2024 hurricanes. A r…
Lee County’s iguana-removal vendor for Boca Grande has resumed service after a three-month winter hiatus.
“The break is there because it’s a stipulation of the contract written by Lee County,” sa…
Belinda Davie of England took this photo of a Altantic bottlenose dolphin near the fishing pier at the north end of Gasparilla Island on Tuesday, Feb. 25. There were at least two dolphins, but m…
Captains for Clean Water is holding a gathering at the Boca Bay Beach Club from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, March 31, to discuss its work in helping protect the state’s water resources.
The event…
Regina S. Rockefeller
Regina Rockefeller was 21 when she first came to Boca Grande. She was Regina Strazzulla, a young woman determined to make a difference in the world. She came to vacation wit…
