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Constance Vauclain Hamilton Wallace

August 21, 2026
Staff Report
Obituaries

Constance Vauclain Hamilton Wallace, of Boca Grande, Florida, affectionately known as Connie, died peacefully August 13, 2026. She was 98. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Connie was the daughter...

Primary election is Tuesday, August 18

August 13, 2026
Staff Report
Community, News

Florida’s Primary Election is set for Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. This year, there are primary elections for state offices, including governor; local primaries for commissioners in both Lee and...

Candidate questions for District 5 Commission election: Trish Petrosky

Editor’s note: We sent a set of identical questions relating to Boca Grande to both of the Lee Commission candidates for District 5 earlier this month. In Lee County, the commissioner is elected...

License plate reader enforcement in downtown

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has begun using license plate readers to monitor parking violations in Boca Grande following the implementation of the new parking restrictions at the beginning of...

Flock and oversight: Trust is harder to build after the fact

August 13, 2026
Brent McConnell
Columns

BY BRENT MCCONNELL In 2008, I was the U.S. national security lead for technology transfer to China. Long before the Beijing Olympics opened, many requests for advanced technology export...

Citizens getting wise to hyperscale data centers and Florida

August 13, 2026
Garland Pollard
Editorial

At a Tuesday evening meeting at the Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library in Venice the two meeting rooms are packed. There is hardly a space in the parking lot. The first room is filled with people...

Arnold Rapoport 1935-2026

August 13, 2026
Staff Report
Obituaries

Arnold Sayer Rapoport, M.D., passed peacefully on Monday August 3, 2026, at the age of 91, at his home in Cornwall, VT. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he lived most of his life in Upstate New York,...

Fred Scott 1941-2026

August 6, 2026
Staff Report
Obituaries

Capt. Frederic ‘Fred’ E. Scott has cast out his last line in Boca Grande waters. He passed away on June 10, 2026 at the age of 85, and joins many of the island’s legendary fishing guides in a...

Sea Turtle Association marks mid-season victories, challenges

BY ARLENE HALL, BOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC. As of July 31, Gasparilla Island was at the halfway point of the May-October sea turtle nesting season. As of Wednesday, August 5, the Boca Grande...

Candidate questions for District 5 Commission: Amanda Cochran

Editor’s note: We sent a set of identical questions relating to Boca Grande to both of the Lee Commission candidates for District 5 earlier this month. In Lee County, the commissioner is elected...