Written by Boca Beacon on . Posted in Obituaries.
Peter Maynard Sieglaff died peacefully at the age of 83 in Boca Grande, Florida. He was born on December 27, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Rear Admiral William B. Sieglaff and the former Ruth Alice Maynard. He was also the grandson of Rear Admiral George E. Maynard. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in […]
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Profiles.
Food has been a passion of Rocco Caggiano (cah-jee-ah-no) since he was a kid. Now he’s grown up to be the Executive Chef for the Boca Grande Club, putting to work all he has learned over the 30 years he has been in the food business. “I grew up cooking with my mom a lot. […]
Written by Delores Savas on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Words spoken after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 Former President Franklin Roosevelt would be disappointed in today’s events, as he hoped there would never again be such devastation and casualties as those that occurred on December 7, 1941, when 2,403 U.S. […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News.
Got a problem with a ditch, swale or blocked drain? Or know of a road with drainage issues? First, to find out if your road is maintained by Lee County DOT, visit leegis.leegov.com/RoadLookup/. If the road is not maintained by Lee County, find your municipal contact by visiting leegov.com/dcd/flood. If the road is shown as privately […]
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The deadline to apply for residential FEMA assistance after Hurricanes Milton and Helene has been extended to Jan. 7, 2025. Some Gasparilla Island residents report having applied for damages if they were not insured for flooding. While the amount was but a fraction of actual damages to the floor level area of a condo in […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Community, News.
Over $3.4 million collected so far The Island Disaster Fund, with over $3.4 million in collected donations, continues to distribute money to island businesses and non-profits. “If we hadn’t had the fund, I can tell you truthfully there are eight to 12 businesses that would not have reopened,” said Larry Hannah, one of the organizers […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News, Travel.
Fort Myers, RSW, has several new direct flights beginning this month from discount carriers. The dates of service beginning are after each city. Breeze Airways • New Haven, Connecticut (HVN), weekly, starting Dec. 10 • South Bend, Indiana (SBN), weekly, starting Feb. 5, 2025 • Wilmington, North Carolina (ILM) weekly, starting Feb. 14, 2025 Frontier […]
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The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to approve a resolution adopting the Lee County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. Lee County’s plan must be revised and adopted on an ongoing basis. It is written to be consistent with requirements in the Florida Administrative Code and established standards by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News, Sports & Outdoors.
On Monday, Nov. 18, Lee County Government launched a new resource website, “Flooding Facts,” to offer information about the various types of flooding seen in Lee County in the past 10 years. The website also aims to explain the causes of flooding, outline Lee County Government’s efforts to mitigate the impacts and demonstrate why storm […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Community, News.
Staff singled out for recovery work here Mary O’Bannon, special projects manager for The Gasparilla Inn & Club, attended the Lee County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday morning, Dec. 3. to thank county staff for their assistance with hurricane recovery. O’Bannon spoke on behalf of the Gasparilla Inn and the community of Boca Grande […]