Written by Angela McPhillips on . Posted in Health & Wellness, News.
Pictured above are Larry and Anita Dust, Red Tulip Board Members and volunteers at an Indiana Parkison Foundation event held at The Picklr in 2025. April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, a time to bring attention to the fastest-growing neurological diseases in the world – yet one that remains widely misunderstood. More than 1.1 million Americans […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community, News, Sports & Outdoors.
The Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association held a kickoff party for the tarpon season in Boca Grande at Whidden’s Marina. The Saturday, April 18, party included locals and visitors, about 200 in total; not only old Boca Grande friends and family, but even a few visitors, including a visitor who heard about the first launch […]
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The 1st annual Boca Blueberry Festival took place on April 19 in The Pink Pony Courtyard to raise money for the First Baptist Church of Boca Grande & the Suncoast Humane Society offering blueberry shortcakes with a scoop of ice cream, blueberry boba lemonades and pints of blueberries. Captain Radical “The Pirate Kind of Rock […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial.
As theater at the Boca Grande Community Center, it was about as good as it gets, but not truly in the way of a Royal Palm Players production. On a Wednesday afternoon, the new Boca Grande Parking Committee met for the first time. But the actors, those members of the committee, were not on the […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Breaking News, Community, News.
Above, from left: Richard Ganong, Bruce Kenan and Mark Spurgeon study papers before the beginning of the meeting; each group was seated in order by the member of the Lee Commission who appointed them. Photo by Garland The Boca Grande Parking Committee held its first meeting on Wednesday, April 22 in the Boca Grande Community […]
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Above, one of the ten organizations to receive money from the Strawberry Festival is Englewood Helping Hand, represented by Mark Rennie (right). With him are (from left) Pastor Daphne Johnson and Miki Doan and Stephanie Te Velde, festival co-chairs. BY SUSAN HANAFEE A record $166,000 in proceeds from the 2026 Strawberry Festival and furniture sale […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Community, News.
Above, Deb Martin, who had been a member of the old Parking Panel, said hello to Michael Jacob, the deputy county attorney before the meeting. Photo by Garland A representative of the Lighthouse United Methodist Church was the first speaker during the public comment period at the Wednesday, April 22 meeting on parking in Boca Grande. […]
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Seven Island School students, grades third through fifth, spent last Friday morning at the Boca Grande Fire Department for the first ever Mini Fire Cadet Academy. Students got to try on gear, got a tour of the station and even got to work the fire hose. Here, Firefighter Wyatt Steyer helps Carlicia Sinclair with the hose. […]
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Charlotte and Lee County Commissioners will meet on Monday, April 27 to discuss the Boca Grande Parking Ordinance as part of their ongoing dispute resolution process. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at the Lee County Administration East Building, 2201 Second St., in Fort Myers. There is not a public comment period for the […]
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At the first meeting of the Boca Grande Parking Committee, a number of island business owners and the fishing community came out to express initial thoughts during a public comment period. Lisa Sims of Grande Flats recounted a group of guests who had rented four separate rooms with multiple generations visiting together, but had trouble […]