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Third Annual Play for PINK
March 5, 2026
A field of 100 women golfers from three clubs, Gasparilla Inn, Coral Creek and Lemon Bay Golf Clubs participated in the Third Annual Play for P.I.N.K at the Gasparilla Inn Club Tuesday afternoon. Th…
Economic Forum addresses U.S. at a ‘consequential’ period
March 5, 2026
BY SUSAN HANAFEE
Do thoughts of artificial intelligence and the Chinese threat keep you awake at night? Are you worried about how the midterm elections will affect your pocketbook? Does the volat…
New Boca Grande Fishing Guides
March 5, 2026
New members were welcomed Tuesday evening at the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association. From left are Drew Kleine, President Capt. Chris Taylor, Shane Earhart, Kyle Potts and Chad Gist. …
The Island school spotlights bike path safety
March 5, 2026
Fifth-grade students from The Island School installed their safety signs on the GICIA Bike Path on Tuesday morning, March 3. Shown top photo: front row, holding signs, left to right: Adison Shank, M…
Piper official at St. Andrew’s
March 5, 2026
The Rev. Geoffrey Piper is the new Priest-in-Charge of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The appointment was announced Feb. 22, at the church’s annual meeting.
Last Sunday, the Rt. Rev. Douglas Scha…
Supermoon: Super sunrise & sunset
March 5, 2026
The earth eclipsed the moon in the early morning on Tuesday, March 3. NASA describes the color of the moon during this eclipse “as if all the world’s sunrises and sunsets are projected onto the moon…
Tennis, pickleball at Wheeler, goodbye Sheriff Cottage
March 5, 2026
Views of the new pickleball and tennis courts at Wheeler Road Community Park. Lee County is resurfacing old tennis courts, and adding a pickleball area. The courts are public, and available to all…
Guides Association votes for attorney for Guide Docks
March 5, 2026
During a meeting on Tuesday, March 3 at the Community Center, the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association voted to hire an attorney to help with access at the island’s Guide Docks on Bayou Avenue at…
Louise Crowninshield portrait restored after storm damage
March 5, 2026
A replacement portrait of Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield has been restored after damage from 2024 hurricanes. It will hang above the fireplace in the Crowninshield Community House as it had pr…
Remembering the last manager of the Seaboard phosphate docks
March 5, 2026
The last port agent and manager of Boca Grande’s phosphate dock, Joe Murray Freeman Jr., died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in Temple Terrace at age 96.
“He had so many answers that the highly educated…











