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New procedure for Island School drop-offs

August 22, 2024
The Island School has changed the procedure for pick-up and drop-off while the Community Center undergoes construction. During pick-up on Friday, Aug. 16, the car line on First Street was backed up…

Jamaica bobsledder inspires backpack donations by Gasparilla Inn staff

August 22, 2024
BY COREY ANGLIN, THE GASPARILLA INN During our annual Management Training last summer, we had the pleasure of connecting with Devon Harris, one of the founding members of the Jamaica National Bob…

Chairman Drew Tucker celebrates Ginger Watkins’ time on Bridge Authority board

August 22, 2024
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Quarterly Board meeting was held on Thursday, Aug. 15, in the offices of the Authority. Board Chairman Drew Tucker presented outgoing Member Ginger Watkins…

History: A primer on the school buildings of Boca Grande 

August 22, 2024
BY KIM KYLE From 1893 to 1908 there was a school located on 4th Street in a frame building. The building may have also been used as a church. The first school on Gasparilla at the north end of th…

Health Clinic to see hearing examiner

August 22, 2024
The Boca Grande Health Clinic will go in front of a Lee County Hearing Examiner Wednesday, Aug. 28, for its proposed new building at 280 Park Avenue. The request comes because the Clinic filed an…

Gen. Flynn speaks at Republican Club

August 22, 2024
Gen. Michael Flynn spoke to members of the West Charlotte County Republican Club on Tuesday, Aug. 21, gathered for their regular meeting at Lemon Bay. Pictured here with Flynn are Arlene Stevens and…

Cape Haze wins delay for septic project

August 22, 2024
A sewer project for the Cape Haze neighborhood has been delayed by the Charlotte County Board of Commissioners. The reason? The roads also need re-paving, and the system could not be planned, bonded…

Real Estate: New permit system integration aids builder process

August 22, 2024
The Charlotte County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller Roger D. Eaton, and the Charlotte County Community Development Department announced the launch of a streamlined building permit…

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: From Kentucky, Paris to Griffith Salon, Candace Beye

August 22, 2024
Getting a ride to school on your father’s fishing boat sounds like part of a story from Boca Grande’s History Center. Indeed, those stories are favorites around the island. One of the fun and charmi…

Unassuming local bookstore, Book Worm, offers 20,000 titles

August 22, 2024
Tucked into the corner of Tiffany Square Plaza in Englewood is a used bookstore with all the charm of a favorite childhood library.  Caitlin Harper runs The Book Worm entirely by herself, working…