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Congratulations to Phil Dreiss for discovering a hidden Castaway Flat Stanley at Barnichol Harware! The BIPS Green Gala Flat Stanley Scavenger Hunt can be played by finding a “Flat Stanley” at a local spot. Contact BIPS for contest details at (941) 964-0060 or email info@BIPS.org Photo submitted
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Four residential projects, as well as a commercial façade improvement, will come in front of the next meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, at the Boca Grande Community Center. The one commercial project is the rebuilding of the façade wall and the replacement of windows and […]
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Lee County’s iguana-removal vendor for Boca Grande has resumed service after a three-month winter hiatus. “The break is there because it’s a stipulation of the contract written by Lee County,” said Tom Portuallo, owner and founder of Blue Iguana Pest Control Inc. Brian Ambrose is a technician for Blue Iguana which is the primary vendor […]
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The 2025 Boca Grande Film Festival has announced its winners, with “Tokyo Cowboy” taking the festival’s highest award. The acclaimed film, which previously won accolades at the Tallgrass, Boston, Sedona and St. Louis International Film Festivals, continued its festival run with this latest honor. The movie is the story of a Toyko executive who takes […]
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BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Redfish are starting to show up in strong numbers in the backcountry! With the weather getting warmer, the redfish have gotten active and willing to bite. We are mostly catching the reds on live bait but swim baits and flies will work as well. Along with the redfish the snook are […]
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The owl’s nest at Lemon Bay High School on Placida Road is continuing to draw attention. This is at least the second year of the nesting, which sits on a street sign over top of Placida Road. The site has become a photo stop for many. Photo by Caroline
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Orlington Sinclair, son of Carlington Sinclair, was awarded the L.A. Ainger M.S. 8th grade Advanced Art Class/Charlotte County red ribbon. Photo submitted
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Experts are still watching red tide, but with winds, and cooler weather, the area may escape a bad season. The Calusa WaterKeepers have been seeing fluxtuating results for red tide amounts, said Codty Pierce, WaterKeeper and life-long resident of the Caloosahatchee watershed. “I’m hopeful,” Pierce said. “We still have this consistent east wind which has […]
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This year, voting on Gasparilla Island was at Lighthouse United Methodist Church. The last voter of the day, Lisa Cornett, made the trip back to the island from Maryland, just to vote. She arrived at Sarasota airport just before 6 p.m. and made it to Precinct 122 just before it closed at 7 p.m. Lee […]
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Last week, Jay and Cookie Feinberg won a Final Detail Site Plan approval for their Boca Grande Peninsula Resort & Marina project in Placida. The property is the old Gasparilla Fishery. “It’s a final step,” said developer J.J. “Jay” Feinberg. “It only took us six and half years.” The agenda item, DRC-22-00171, was approved on […]