T he next two weeks promise to be active on Boca Grande. This weekend Boca Grande will celebrate the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament, and the downto...
ISLAND LEO BEAT: Looking back on our 2018 tourist season and a warning to stow your tackle
The small community of Boca Grande is wrapping up its most busy time of the year: spring 2018! Many who call Boca Grande home during the late fall, wi...
LCSO holds cyber security seminar on island
BY SUE ERWIN – Every minute, 19 people become victims of identity theft … and only 20 percent of people who experience monetary fraud repo...
ISLAND LEO BEAT: Deputies foil boat theft in progress, find stolen car in the process
It was a crazy day at Boca Grande Marina on Wednesday, April 4 as deputies were called there at 2 p.m. to stop a boat theft in progress. In the end, t...
Thief finds window of opportunity at South Beach
■ STAFF REPORT A half-open window alerted a local restaurant owner to nefarious doings at his establishment on Friday, July 28. According to a report ...
Port Charlotte youth drowns at south end of island while visiting with church group
■ STAFF REPORT A 15-year-old boy visiting Boca Grande with his church youth group drowned on Saturday, July 15 at 5:32 p.m. According to police report...
Four injured in boating accident
At approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31 the Boca Grande Fire Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at the Innlet on 1...
Bench seat, chargers stolen from East Railroad business
■ STAFF REPORT A golf cart bench seat and four golf cart chargers were stolen from a place of business in the 1300 block of East Railroad Avenue somet...
What Trumpery is this? The case of the missing signs thickens as not one, but two are stolen
One Boca Grande family is not happy at all after their Trump sign at their home was stolen. According to a report filed with the Lee County Sheriff’s ...
Still searching for any sign of Javier
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Several men and a dog set out from Pineland Marina in Bokeelia on Wednesday, July 27 in a continuing search for a swimmer mis...