Written by VAN HUBBARD on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
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 sand. By the early 2030s, we’re required to upgrade to advanced wastewater treatment, but our beaches and waters are already impaired. This problem doesn’t smell like […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History.
FIVE YEARS AGO Written and produced by Erica Ress Martin and directed by Priscilla Masselink, “Boca Boys” debuted on YouTube TV. TEN YEARS AGO The Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida earned a four-star rating for the sixth year in a row by Charity Navigator, a nonprofit watchdog organization. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO A local […]
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in Editorial, Sports & Outdoors.
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 founding in Placida. It all began with a lecture at Englewood Elementary School and an invitation to visit Cape Haze. In 1954, […]
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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. We are catching lots of redfish mainly on live bait, but swim baits and top waters around the […]
Written by Arlene Hall on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
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 with those hurricanes that affected the island over the past few years. Despite the varying degrees of devastation and beach erosion caused […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News, Police & Fire.
The theft of a jet ski in August at the Placida Boat Ramp was reported on Sept. 21. A black 2021 Yamaha jet ski was taken from a double trailer at the boat ramp on Aug. 23, according to a Charlotte County sheriff’s report. The suspect is unknown; however, the offense is listed as a […]
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Around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, Deputy Angelo Lanni of Lee County Sheriffs Department responded to a report of trespassing in Boca Grande. Lieutenant Andrew Sawicki had requested assistance at the scene, where two witnesses and the complainant had woken up in their front northside bedroom of the residence to the sound of someone […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community, News.
Loulie Mauran and Mark Horan have joined the board of the Lemon Bay Conservancy. Both are long-time members who share the group’s passion for protecting the local environment. Mark Horan was born in Woodstock, Vermont. He was raised on a working farm and spent his time in the forest and chasing wayward cows. Environmental issues […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Community History, News, Real Estate.
The Oct. 8 Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting, set for 10 a.m., will include discussion of house elevations, including this one on Palm Avenue. […]
Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Obituaries.
Deborah A. Cooper-Heimann, 73, of Cape Coral passed away unexpectedly Sunday September 28, 2025. She was born in St. Louis, MO in 1951 to her parents Christopher and Rosalinda Basso. Deborah graduated from Riverview Garden High School in 1970. Deborah moved to Florida when she was 20 as a salesperson for Banana Boat. She met […]