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Dog park completion and pickleball in new Lee County budget

September 28, 2023
The most recently approved budget for Lee County, passed Sept. 19 and unanimously by the Board of County Commissioners, will total approximately $2.5 billion.  The county has earmarked two spec…

Looking to hit the links at a new course? Here’s your chance!

September 28, 2023
As we have written about before, the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Golf Tournament will not be held at The Gasparilla Inn & Club, but has been picked up by a brand-new venue…

Pigskin Pick ’em

September 28, 2023
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All kinds of October fun at Cedar Point Park

September 15, 2023
(All events are held at Cedar Point Environmental Park, 2300 Placida Road, Englewood Florida, 34224) There’s always something interesting going at the Cedar Point Environmental Park off Placida…

PIGSKIN PICK ‘EM IS BACK!

September 7, 2023
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GASPARILLA ISLAND SEA TURTLE NEWS

September 7, 2023
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TURTLE TALK

August 31, 2023


Environmental and manmade problems plaguing local seagrass leave manatees and other aquatic wildlife in dire straits

August 24, 2023
After a massive hurricane and a year of drought, the status of seagrass in Charlotte Harbor could perhaps be characterized by experts as “not better, in fact marginally worse.”  “We have lost m…

Heather Gilligan, on tour in Florida, finds stranded manatee in island waters

August 24, 2023
A beached manatee, later found to be safe, was the highlight of a Boca Grande visit for Columbus, Ohio resident Heather Gilligan on Wednesday, Aug. 9. “This morning my original plan of going to…

Kids fishing tourney slated for September

August 24, 2023
The next Lee County Parks & Recreation Boca Grande Youth Fishing Tournament is scheduled for September 16, 9 to 11 a.m. at the Boca Grande North Fishing Pier, on the road just south of Kappy’s…