The non-profit BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has developed a database that will identify the locations of abandoned and derelict vessels (ADVs) across the U.S., freely associa…
November is Manatee Awareness Month, highlighting a time when Florida’s manatees are starting their seasonal movements to warmer waters around the state. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation C…
BY CHARLOTTE C. COWAN, MD
Few things are more joyful – or more unpredictable – than a grandchild’s visit. Children inevitably bring with them both fun and minor chaos. And, as every grandparent k…
The Lee Board of County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing to repeal and replace the Lee County Animal Control Ordinance at the regularly scheduled board meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, De…
Captains For Clean Water is proud to announce Bob Brooks, a lifelong outdoorsman with more than 45 years in the sporting goods industry, as the newest member of its Board of Directors.
A coastal…
The Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board voted Tuesday, Nov. 18 to declare a Phase I Water Shortage due to dry conditions throughout the region. This includes the Gasparilla I…
Leah Lendel, the then nine-year-old girl who got bit by a shark in Boca Grande in June, was featured on an Inside Edition interview Monday night.
In her first interview since surviving the shark…
The new American Cruise Lines American Pioneer came through the Boca Grande Pass around 8 a.m. Wednesday to visit Punta Gorda. It was her first visit through the Pass. According to stats, she is 242…
Several concerned citizens spoke at Tuesday’s Lee County Commission meeting about a Nov. 4 incident in which a public speaker was ejected from the chamber.
At the Nov. 4 commissioner’s meeting, r…
A Coast Guard Station Cortez boat crew rescued eight boaters on Saturday, after their 26-foot vessel became disabled approximately 35 miles west of Venice. The boaters and vessel were brought back t…
