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BG Charities to donate $10,000 to fund STEM program

March 13, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – Lemon Bay Conservancy and Boca Grande Charities, Inc, recently announced a joint effort to help some local middle and high school students prepare for biological research and field…

5F v BGIPOA: It may be wrapped up – then again, maybe not

March 13, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – The most recent development in the ongoing dispute between the Boca Grande Isles Property Owners’ Association and 5F, the corporation that owns the submerged plats surrounding the …

BIPS formally undertakes Range Light restoration

March 13, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – The Barrier Island Parks Society has formally undertaken the Range Light restoration, though the preparatory process goes back several years. At their meeting on Wednesday, March 11…

Islanders discuss possibility of new restaurant coming to town

March 13, 2015
BY JACK SHORT – Representatives of 111 Damfiwill, LLC., presented plans to the public on Tuesday, March 10, to renovate the shop at 360 Park Ave. and build a restaurant next door, at 354 Park Ave…

Guest commentary: Save The Tarpon legal fund drive promotes PTTS lawyer threat

January 16, 2015
BY TOM MCLAUGHLIN AND SAVE THE TARPON – A PTTS lawyer is once again threatening to haul Save The Tarpon back into court – this time in an apparent effort to thwart the group’s recent and ongoing le…

OBGBBC celebrates: One man, two children, three books

January 9, 2015
The Johann Fust Library Foundation and Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center have announced that tickets are available for the One Big Grande Boca Boca Club celebration, scheduled for Sunday…

Lee County School District makes historic decision, says ‘no’ to FCATS: But how does it affect The Island School?

August 29, 2014
Heads are spinning within the Lee County School District, as the school board voted 3-2 to opt the district out of standardized testing. The decision was made on Wednesday, Aug. 27, and it made hi…