Spooked Again team takes first place in World's Richest, Blaze and Sitarah teams take second and third Friday, 24 May 2013 22:26 Capt. Steve Ahlers and his team aboard Spooked Again took home the first place winnings in the 2013 World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, held by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce. Read the Full Story

World's Richest, Kids Classic, Art Festival and street party schedule of events Friday, 24 May 2013 13:06
Schedule of events for the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament, Gasparilla Island Kids Classic, Boca Grande Invitational Art Festival, and street party ... Read the Full Story

Happy Graduation to Abigail, Dafne, Luke and Jake, TIS 2013! Friday, 24 May 2013 10:19 BY MARCY SHORTUSE - Four tassels were turned on Thursday, May 23, as Luke Crosser, Dafne Garcia, Abigail Turner and Jake Van Atten graduated from fifth grade and from The Island School. Prior to their commencement ceremony the four, with the help of others, did a “dramatic statues” and chant performance. Afterward, the third, fourth and fifth graders all participated in a song called “Flip Flop,” written and produced by TIS music teacher Diana Donlon. Read the Full Story

FWC releases findings in Bull Bay accident Friday, 24 May 2013 10:17 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has completed its report on the two-boat accident in Bull Bay on April 12, and the FWC is holding both Jesse Smith and Capt. Steve Ahlers at fault. Smith, of Port Charlotte, was travelling southwest in a gray 18’ open motorboat. He turned to the south to enter a blind, narrow passage between two mangrove islands when he spotted Ahlers’ yellow boat heading in the opposite direction. Ahlers, of Boca Grande, was traveling northwest towards the same passage, with three passengers on board his 20-foot yellow boat. Read the Full Story

Boca Grande, Sweet Pea highlighted in June Vogue magazine shoot Friday, 24 May 2013 10:09 Boca Grande has been the location for an awful lot of photo shoots, so many we usually don’t report on them. But, a couple of months ago a very high-profile fashion magazine – Vogue, to be exact – turned up in town with an interesting model. Her name is Dree Hemingway, and she is the great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. Read the Full Story

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C’mon, let’s go fishing this weekend

03 May 2013 Last Updated on 03 May 2013 Liza

On Saturday, May 4, Lee County Parks & Recreation and the Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center will hold their last youth fishing tournament of the season.

Fishing will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 11 a.m. An awards presentation will be made directly after the tournament.

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Community Center closing for a few days

03 May 2013 Last Updated on 03 May 2013 Liza

The Boca Grande Community Center will be tented for termites and will be closed Friday, May 10 through Monday, May 13. Normal operating hours will resume on Tuesday, May 14.

Sorry about any inconvenience, but the termites gotta go.

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Turtles, shore birds nesting ... please use care

03 May 2013 Last Updated on 03 May 2013 Liza

BY LIZA STROUT & MARCY SHORTUSE – Sea turtle nesting season officially began on May 1, so when the first sea turtle nest in Southwest Florida was a couple of days early, on April 28 on a Sanibel beach, Nancy Lingeman got a phone call. While it may seem the Sanibel nest is far away from Boca Grande, Nancy’s granddaughter is the coordinator for the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation. She is also their sea turtle patrol coordinator.

“Yes, she called to rub it in,” Nancy laughed.

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Record year for Woman's Club donations

26 April 2013 Marcy Shortuse

BY JACK SHORT - The Boca Grande Woman’s Club raised and awarded a total of $197,175 to local schools, island nonprofit groups and island-related causes this year. They have also raised a record-breaking $200,000 that will be awarded as scholarships to local students next year.