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October 2, 2025
Families enjoyed a cozy evening at the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum last Thursday during the Barrier Island Parks Society’s “Lighthouses & Lullabies.” Children arrived in pajamas…

October 2, 2025
Helene and Milton changed our lives and landscapes. Recovering is hard, slow and expensive. What doesn’t kill us does make us stronger. They hurt most of us profoundly but there is hope and light at…

October 2, 2025
LeeWay, the toll operations for Lee County Department of Transportation, is waiving the administrative fees for some SunPass transponder customers who have recently received mail from LeeWay related…

October 2, 2025
Pine View teacher with Lighthouse story When visitors step into the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse, they’re often greeted by docent and historian Caroline Gannon. A longtime teacher, she brings her…

October 2, 2025
Just as we have the power to harm the oceans, we have the power to put in place polices and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the sea, for the creatures there and…

September 26, 2025
Vice Chairman Pendergrass invites community members to join him for an informal Coffee with a Commissioner event on Monday, Sept 29 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The gathering will take place at the Old Co…

September 26, 2025
Above and below, images from the county’s geographic information system map. The signs are not to scale. GIS screenshots The installation of 441 new parking signs in accordance with the Boca Gran…

September 25, 2025
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY YAWN. Pardon me, but the sea turtle nesting season for us patrollers is such a boring time. No new crawls have occurred since August 31 and the current nests we ar…

September 25, 2025
Progress continued on renovations to the Boca Grande Community Center this week. One change is the slight update to the entrance at the west side. There is a new ramp and doorway, which was form…

September 25, 2025
The Lee Board of County Commissioners recently appointed John Lai to the Lee County Tourist Development Council. Lai will serve as a nonvoting member of the TDC representing the Florida Restauran…