At the end of May, the Boca Grande Fire Department purchased a new truck to account for fire hydrants damaged by Hurricanes Milton and Helene last fall.
Currently on island, there are around 10…
Hurricane season has officially begun and the time to prepare is now. Part of that preparation for Gasparilla Island residents, property owners and business owners should be to obtain hurricane pass…
Surgeons were able to reattach hand
A little after noon on Wednesday, June 11, a nine-year-old girl was injured by an apparent shark bite on the 2200 block of Shore Lane, according to Lee EMS ale…
A little after noon on Wednesday, June 11, a child was injured by an apparent shark bite on the 2200 block of Shore Lane, according to Lee EMS alerts.
The 911 alert, which went out at 12:11 p…
On Tuesday, May 27, Lee County Deputy Sheriff David Scozzafava, while on marked patrol, observed a white Club Car golf cart parked behind the Crews Bank and Trust, matching the description of a golf…
On Monday, June 2, there were some businesses out of water at the north end of the island. Ron Bolton, executive director of the Gasparilla Island Water Association, said that a directional drilling…
At 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a dumpster fire at 5858 Gasparilla Road.
The dumpster was near a storage building and the small fire was reported on…
On Friday, May 30, Lee County Deputy Sheriff David Scozzafava was contacted in reference to two fishing rods that were stolen from a 26-foot Gause center console vessel at the Miller’s Marina.
Th…
The accident last Thursday. Photos by Anna
Last Thursday, May 29 around 2:22 p.m., two golf carts collided in the middle of the GICIA bike path at 7th Street, with “one cart rolled” according to…
On Saturday, May 24, during the Boca H2O Festival, a teenage boy was struck by a boat propeller, breaking his leg.
The festival is held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and…
