Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Community, Featured News, News.
Kimberly Lovo, parishioner at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, is speaking next week at the Women’s Club breakfast about the 11 years she spent living on a boat with her family sailing across the Pacific Ocean. Lovo, originally from Vermont, had grown up boating on Lake Champlain, but beyond that, she and her husband had little […]
Written by Angela McPhillips on . Posted in Profiles.
An alliance of art and community For more than 30 years, artist and gallery owner Melissa Loughlin has balanced creating, teaching and representing artists around the world. A longtime exhibiting member of the Boca Grande Art Alliance, Loughlin’s career began in New York City and has since evolved into a life devoted to both art […]
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FIVE YEARS AGO The Historic Preservation Board vetoed supporting a nomination for a portion of the Boca Grande residential historic district to be placed on the National Register of Historical Places. TEN YEARS AGO The nine acres of FPL-owned land at the southern tip of the island had been cleaned, deemed safe and ready to […]
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Lee County Vice Chairman Cecil Pendergrass wrote Chief Anthony Sizemore of Cape Coral and Sheriff Carmine Marceno of Lee County Sheriff’s Office about growing safety concerns along Burnt Store Road. There were three deaths just two weeks ago, and other accidents in the last six months in the roadway, which is the major connector of […]
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BY BOOTS TOLSDORF The community is in for a huge treat this Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew’s when Alan Corey, director of Grande Chorus, teams up with a dynamite New York-based star, Maria Wirries, a vocalist, songwriter, actress and dancer. And the best part? Alan met her in a Sarasota recording […]
Written by Arlene Hall on . Posted in Columns, Sports & Outdoors.
BY ARLENE HALLBGSTA SECRETARY After 182 days, BGSTA’s 2025 Turtle Patrol season came to an end on October 30. That’s when the last remaining green sea turtle nest (at right) reached 70 days old and was inventoried. As it turned out, there were 109 total eggs found in the nest and 11 of them had […]
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BY THE BOCA GRANDEGARDEN CLUB On Wednesday Nov. 5, Michele Hilbert, of Hilbert Honey Company, Traverse City, Mich., spoke to the Boca Grande Garden Club. Michele is married to Keith Hilbert, whose family is the fifth generation of Hilbert’s to work the honey farm. Hilbert’s was founded in 1887 by George James Hilbert. A farmer, […]
Written by Anna Ridilla on . Posted in Featured News, News, Sports & Outdoors.
Coral Creek Club recently hosted the PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) Placida program, a six-week golf instruction series designed to introduce veterans and active-duty service members to the game of golf as a tool for physical, mental and social well-being. Led by Master PGA Professional Jim Lohbauer and PGA Professional Chris Adams, and supported […]
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David John Williams of East Haddam, Conn., and Boca Grande, Fla., passed away on November 2, 2025, after a courageous battle with metastasized melanoma. David was born on July 4, 1942, in Danville, Ill., to parents Harry and Winifred Williams. The family, which also included elder siblings Susan Byron, Sarah Goellner, Caroline Loysen, William Williams […]
Written by Angela McPhillips on . Posted in Community History, Profiles.
Ceremony to be held at 5th Street When residents and visitors gather on Veterans Day at the corner of Gilchrist Avenue and 5th Street, they will do so at a site that has quietly commemorated military service for more than 70 years. The Boca Grande Veterans Memorial, first established in the early 1950s, continues to […]