Sports & Outdoors
OPINION: NANCY LECKERLING
May 1, 2025
Taking on a cleaner island, honoring a friend
BY NANCY LECKERLING
Twenty-five years ago, when my husband Jon and I were considering the purchase of a home on Captiva Island, a friend of ours…
EcoWatch: Humpback whales may soon tell their stories
May 1, 2025
“The whales do not sing because they have an answer they sing because they have a song.”
Gregory Colbert, poet, filmmaker, photographer
There are recent reports that AI has helped scientists h…
SW Florida Fishing: They’re biting. Where are you?
May 1, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Another great week of fishing here in Boca Grande! We are catching a little bit of everything from snook, redfish, trout to sharks, tarpon, jacks and bluefish!
The sno…
5th Street temporary beach access reopens
April 28, 2025
Lee County reopened the Boca Grande 5th Street Beach Access at dawn on Monday, April 28. This temporary access includes parking spaces and a ramp down to the beach. Patrons are advised that the curr…
North Port connects Springs to Legacy Trail
April 24, 2025
On Tuesday, April 8, the North Port City Commission approved an agreement with Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., for a new trailhead and trail connection, from Warm Mineral Springs Park to the Nor…
Landscape for Gasparilla Road
April 24, 2025
Charlotte County will re-landscape Gasparilla Road, in an ordinance passed on April 8 at their regular meeting’s consent agenda. The landscape plan for County Road 771, which will be on the four-lan…
It’s that time of year, sea turtle nesting season
April 24, 2025
BY DR. JOHN FLETEMEYER
Our local beaches are beginning to experience the annual invasion of sea turtles. Soon there will be mini moon nest craters doting the beach landscape. Most turtles, after…
Hideaway Bay Beach Club’s land access ferry dock reopens to Little Gasparilla
April 24, 2025
Ferryman returns making Placida/LGI runs
The Little Gasparilla Island resort complex Hideaway Bay Beach Club finally has its land access open. On Saturday before last, residents were out on Placi…
Beach parking may change renourishment funding
April 24, 2025
BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Gasparilla Island is scheduled for a Lee County and federal beach renourishment this fall. It is unclear, however, how much a potential change in parking or public access for th…
Lemon Bay Golf
April 24, 2025
The ParTee Club ladies are incredibly grateful to Director of Golf, Ben McCoy, and Head Golf Professional, Ryan Hartnett, for their dedication in making golf not only accessible, but also exciting a…