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Love the bees but hate the sting? Here’s how to keep the relationship amicable

Written by Tonya Bramlage on . Posted in Health & Wellness, News.

Who would ever dare to imagine putting oneself in a situation that would purposely trigger the flight or fight response typically associated with an unexpected encounter with bees be therapeutic? If you have ever experienced the unwelcome and unwanted presence of bees in or anywhere around your perimeter, you know the terrifying feeling first hand. […]

PROFILE: Mary Spinks

Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles.

From water skier, fisherman, waitress, to Home Depot employee, Mary Spinks has done it all. But please don’t call her “first mate” as she prefers the title of “admiral.” The distinction is important when you’re the wife of a captain. On the surface, one wouldn’t think a woman from ice-tundra Minnesota would have a lot […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lee County operations adjust schedules for Thanksgiving

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Letters to the Editor.

To the Editor: Most Lee County administrative operations will be closed Thursday, Nov. 25 and Friday, Nov. 26 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Other schedules will be adjusted.  The adjustments include: Solid Waste • Thursday, Nov. 25: All county facilities are closed and no garbage, yard waste or recycling will be collected. Collections will […]

Alice Court: One foot in business, the other on the stage …

Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles.

While most college kids were out there slinging hash, waiting tables or working on campus to make ends meet, island resident Alice Court took the bull by the horns. A vocal opera major in college, she had a revelation.  “I realized that opera jobs, particularly jobs for Sopranos, are few and far between. Not knowing […]

Another change in plans for Lake O project: Sediment study postponed

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in News.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will delay the previously announced sediment study scheduled for Nov. 9 after heavy rains across Florida led to heavier local basin runoff in the Caloosahatchee River Estuary than originally forecast. The new date has not been finalized for the one-day deviation from the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule […]

New parcels included in plan for The Village & Marina at Boca Grande

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Community.

Construction could begin in early 2022 It has been a long, strange, expensive trip for a Boca Grande couple since the day they purchased the property on Gasparilla Road known as “The Fishery.” What started out as a plan to create a bridge club venue has turned into something much more, and this week progress […]

NHR nomination shot down in Tallahassee

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Community.

On Thursday, Nov. 4 the possibility of the National Register of Historic Places nomination proposed for the residential historic district of Boca Grande becoming a reality faded one more step into the distance … and possibly for good … as the Florida Department of State’s National Historic Review Board unanimously decided that the district was […]

BGHPB meeting includes NHR and sidewalk amendment discussions

Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Community, Featured News.

Three Special Certificates of Appropriateness were heard at the monthly Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, held at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium.  However, it was two announcements regarding the proposed sidewalk amendment and the National Register of Historic Places nomination that took center stage in the conversation. Board […]