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Great Seashell Hunt on Wednesday at Lighthouse

April 14, 2025
Staff Report
Events

Spring fun is washing ashore at Gasparilla Island! Join the Barrier Island Parks Society for its beloved annual tradition — the Great Seashell Hunt — on Wednesday, April 16, at 11 a.m. at the...

Lee, Charlotte set Punta Gorda meet

April 10, 2025
Staff Report
Community, News

Lee and Charlotte Counties will hold a joint meeting in Punta Gorda on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, to discuss a wide range of issues, including coordination efforts in Boca Grande. The meeting is...

Holy Week services slated

The most solemn week of the Christian year is next week, known as Holy Week. It is really not a full week, but the number of special services and remembrances make five days seem much longer and...

OPINION: VAN HUBBARD

If a local captain is repeating a suggestion, you aren’t hearing it Spring fishing is not to be missed. We currently have an opportunity you don’t want to miss out on. Local fishing is on...

Joint meeting between Lee County, Charlotte County on April 15 in Punta Gorda

April 4, 2025
Staff Report
News

On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, beginning at 2:00 p.m., the Lee Board of County Commissioners and Charlotte Board of County Commissioners will hold a joint meeting located at the Charlotte Harbor...

Off to see the Wizard: Boca Grande goes to the Lee Courthouse

Over 30 Boca Grande representatives, on both sides of the issue of a possible new parking ordinance, traveled to Fort Myers to the Lee County Old Courthouse Tuesday. There is a historical irony of...

Boca Grande takes parking discussion to Ft. Myers

A motion to move forward with the Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinance amendment, and direct it to an anticipated May 20 public hearing, was passed 3-2 with Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass and...

A possible second ordinance on parking circulating on island

Alternate version shown by attorney at Lee meeting The Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce circulated a separate draft ordinance for parking on Gasparilla Island on Tuesday night, April 1...

History: A biography of our first round favorite, the Temptation Sign

BY KAREN GRACE Just like the island, the neon cocktail glass at the center of the Temptation sign has survived storms for more than 75 years. As the only outdoor neon sign on the island, it has...

Business & Real Estate

Preservation Board to review three projects, discuss post-storm issues The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, at the Boca Grande Community...