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Fust Library Foundation holds discussion on book publishing on March 13

Have you ever thought of publishing a book? Perhaps your memoir, or the story of your family. Maybe there is a time in world history that you’ve always wanted to research and write about, or...

Florida Spring Break schedules listed

March 6, 2025
Anna Ridilla
Community, News

Spring breaks have officially begun, and as students from across the country head for the warmth of Florida, expect more crowds and traffic throughout the month of March. Lee and Charlotte...

Englewood’s Annual Fine Arts Festival scheduled for Saturday & Sunday, March 29 & 30

March 6, 2025
Staff Report
Community

The Rotary Club of Englewood is returning to normal with their Annual 43rd Fine Arts Festival on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Englewood’s beautiful Dearborn...

Question on whether awning and window treatment is ‘historic’

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...

Saturday King Fisher trips arrive in Boca Grande through April

The King Fisher Fleet tour boat line has returned for her Saturday jaunts from Punta Gorda to Boca Grande. The vessels Charlotte Lady, Helen M, and Miss Elissa (the new fast catamaran) are here...

Snake 1 lizard 0

Nature rarely disappoints. Randy Reid caught this photo of what looks to be a non-native brown anole being eaten last week. The anole, as well as the spiny-tailed iguana, are considered nuisances...

Fire Department to host second annual Putting Around Boca Grande

Benefits new equipment The Boca Grande Fire Department is once again holding its Putting Around Boca Grande open house on April 5. The Fire Department is raising money to replenish trucks,...

Big Mouth Chili Challenge March 15

The first annual Big Mouth Chili Challenge, hosted by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 15. The cookoff, which will be held at 4th...

Update on Post Office; mobile not possible

March 6, 2025
Staff Report
Community, News

USPS sometimes dispatches mobile units Gasparilla Island continues to wait for the reopening of the Boca Grande Post Office, which has been closed since it was flooded during 2024 hurricanes. A...

Marineland stadium show for free

Belinda Davie of England took this photo of a Altantic bottlenose dolphin near the fishing pier at the north end of Gasparilla Island on Tuesday, Feb. 25. There were at least two dolphins, but...