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Johann Fust Community Library to offer free programs in June

■ STAFF REPORT The Johann Fust Community Library is offering the following free programs for children in June: The Bucky and Gigi Show 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 19 Location: Boca Grande Community Center Using physical comedy, circus skills, mime, magic, improvisation and audience participation, these two characters provide all the fun for a fast-paced 45-minute […]

Tax-free holiday May 31 – June 6 on storm supplies

■ STAFF REPORT With a sales-tax-free holiday May 31-June 6 on hurricane supplies, Floridians should plan to stock up on the things they find most valuable when a storm hits. Portable generators, gas cans and other hurricane-preparedness items are qualified for tax-free purchases, and here are a few tips from the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute […]

Obituary: Lauren Knowles

Recently I lost my hero. Lauren Knowles was the strongest person I have ever known. In 2014 we were told that she had stage 3 HER2 positive breast cancer. I didn’t know what to do or say, I just hugged her and asked her to be strong. She defiantly did that. I watched her bravery […]

Profile: Richard Gordon

■ BY SUE ERWIN Chef Richard Gordon has been cooking up delectable dishes at Fusion for the past two years, and that’s a result of decades of experience dating back to when he was a teenager. “My first job was as a dishwasher when I was 15,” he said. “And since then, I’ve done just about […]

Little Spook – Big Winner

■ BY SUE ERWIN This year’s Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament was an extra-special one, with 41 boats releasing 33 tarpon and $22,960 in prize money given to three winning teams. The artwork to commemorate Ladies Day was very special as well. Created by artist Brendan Coudal, the rendering portrays […]

Profile: Parker O’Bannon

■ BY SUE ERWIN Persistent and adventurous is a perfect description for Capt. Parker O’Bannon. He is a sixth-generation Floridian born in Fort Myers and raised in Boca Grande. He is an only child, and he follows in the footsteps of 100 years of notable O’Bannon guides spanning four generations, who have hunted and fished all over […]

Historic Preservation Board debates 11th Street project, E. Railroad home

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Lee County Planning approached the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 8 with three projects on the agenda, but one stood out as a point of contention and spurred conversation that lasted well over an hour. Coincidentally, it was also one of the first home […]

Scarpa’s Coastal soft opening has come, and the reaction is positive

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The fish tank is still there. The general look is the same, and the phone number is, too. The sign came down last week for PJ’s Seagrille, Scarpa’s Coastal sign went up, and a new dining opportunity has come to fruition. If you called Scarpa’s Coastal Restaurant on Wednesday afternoon, the […]

Profile: Tricia Heaton

■ BY SUE ERWIN Tricia Heaton describes herself as a needlepointing, party throwing, traveling bookworm. An eternal optimist who sees beauty in everything, she almost always has a camera in hand. Both her paternal grandmother and her mother were needlepointers, and she enthusiastically learned to stitch by the time she was six. “As a teenager I […]

New WRTT art features some of our ‘setting sons’

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The artwork for the 2019 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament hit the streets last week, and it still has people tearing up a little bit. According to Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Wesley Locke, artist Kelly Reark put a lot into this one. The artwork features the boats that won […]