Along with the daytime construction activities, the causeway armoring contractor will be performing nighttime paving operations the week of October 13, 2025.
To ensure the safety of the crew, dri…
Sunset at South Beach Bar & Grille on Gulf Boulevard was different one evening this past week as crews were staging sand for seawall area repair. The “mountain” has been moved and the colorful A…
By the middle of this week, crews were winding up the Florida-funded beach renourishment at Gasparilla Island State Park, at the south end of the island.
Tuesday, crews had removed most pipes fro…
Above, a 2020 photo of the temporary Bayou bridge used for GIWA operations. The old bridge is portable and is now in place, but it will be permanently removed this month. It had been used because th…
Serious costs ahead for advanced wastewater treatment
We have a serious problem with wastewater treatment. We’re dumping minimally treated sewage into our waterways while burying our heads in the…
This week, the new Mote SEA Aquarium opened in Sarasota, just outside the University Town Center mall. The oft-told local angle is important to retell, as there are many lessons from its 1955 foundi…
BY DELORES SAVAS
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
It’s starting to feel like fall here in Boca Grande and the fish in the backcountry are fired up with these cooler temps!
Redfish have been the star of the show so far…
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
If you’ve watched the local TV news or read a local newspaper these past couple of weeks, there have been many stories about the impacts and recovery associated wi…
On the agenda for next Tuesday’s Lee County Board of Commissioners regular meeting is a beach and shoreline funding item with the Barrier Island Parks Society listed as one of the recipients.
If…
