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April 11, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN If you enjoy playing casino games, there’s a fundraising event happening on April 28 on Don Pedro Island that you won’t want to miss. The Bocilla Islands Conservancy is planning a casi…

April 6, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT This past week a group of 13 local 90-year-olds had a luncheon upstairs at the Boca Grande Club. The luncheon was the brainchild of Boca Grande resident Claire Carlson. Claire said tha…

April 6, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT More than $230,000 was awarded this week to 20 local nonprofit organizations through the 2018 Community Grant Program of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club. The announcement was made followi…

April 6, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Barrier Island Parks Society Board of Directors discussed the 2018 Giving Challenge at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 4. The 2018 Giving Challenge is presented by the Co…

April 6, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT Friends of Boca Grande Community Center announce that applications for the Dee Wheeler Children’s Fund Scholarships for Lee County Summer Camp are now being accepted. You can obtain an…

April 6, 2018
■ We got a little taste of what it’s like on Fort Myers Beach or Fort Lauderdale Friday, as approximately 600 high school and middle school kids got together on the beaches between 14th and 17th Stre…

April 6, 2018
A  Celebration of Life for Freddy M. Futch, who died on February 13, 2018, will be held this Saturday, April 7 at 1 p.m. at the Crowninshield Community House on Banyan Street. Freddy was born on Janu…

April 6, 2018
It was a crazy day at Boca Grande Marina on Wednesday, April 4 as deputies were called there at 2 p.m. to stop a boat theft in progress. In the end, they found a stolen car as well. According to Lee…

April 6, 2018
■BY SUE ERWIN The Live Poets’ Society of Boca Grande will present the fourth “Poetry in the Garden” event on Friday, April 13 at 4 p.m. at the Johann Fust Community Library. The biennial events have…

April 6, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT The annual meeting for members of the Boca Grande Historical Society, Inc. has been called for Thursday, April 19. It will convene at 4:30 p.m. in the Woman’s Club Room at the Boca Gra…