BY LIZA STROUT - What kid hasn’t dreamed of being a rocket scientist at some point? For Thomas Foster, whose mother, Valerie, works at Grande Aire, that dream is becoming a reality.

A one-man portrayal of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln will be performed at the Gasparilla Inn Beach Club on Monday, April 8 at 5 p.m.

Kids at the Boca Grande Club gather annually with an art teacher from New Jersey and this year built Freddie, the Easter Octopus. Pictured below are Lindsey Gaynor, Isla Rollinson, Charlie Gaynor, M.J. Edwards, Fletcher Rollinson, Tucker Edwards and others.  Photos provided by the BGCCC and Linda Tucker

Lee County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about a boat trailer that was stolen from the Boca Bay boat basin sometime between March 30 and April 1.