Lee County has reopened the dog park, tennis courts and restrooms at Wheeler Road Community Park, which had been mobilized for use to help Gasparilla Island’s recovery from Hurricane Milton.
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The Galway Girl, a former U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility, or LCI, was near the causeway Saturday before last cleaning up the sailboat that had been lodged near the Placida Fishing Pier. The vessel…
Florida’s beach sand replenishment project for the south end of Gasparilla Island at Gasparilla Island State Park has begun. Last summer, the state solicited bids for the renourishment of the south…
The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is positively an outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal c…
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR
Over the last couple of weeks we saw the weather improve and water temps went from the lower 60’s to the lower 70’s in a very short time. This coincided with the full moon ti…
The walking path is officially OPEN!
Please continue to use caution while using the GICIA Bike Path. Crews will finish correcting the steep, washed-out areas along the Charlotte County stretch…
The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to authorize staff to pursue the purchase of two parcels, including an 80.5-acre parcel in Bokeelia, for the Conservation 20/20 land acquisition p…
BY LAMAR TOOLE, BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB
Members of the Boca Grande Garden Club gathered on Feb. 5 in the newly refurbished Community Center Auditorium, where they were treated to a colorful and u…
Legacy property on island
Boca Grande Real Estate has listed the historic Whidden’s Marina, one of Boca Grande’s oldest marinas, for $17.5 million.
This waterfront property is situated on 0.9…
Work at Wheeler Road Community Park is progressing, though there is no firm date for reopening. New turf is being delivered to the site as of Thursday, Feb. 13, and then will be put in place. The so…
