Following the destruction from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, several island businesses have set up fundraisers to help with ...

Gasparilla Island Water Association has about 95 percent of the island's water connections back in service. "We are getting ...

At press time, a crew from Margate, Florida, hired to help Boca Grande restore its water service, hoped to have the main ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 15, Florida Secretary of Commerce Alex Kelly came to Boca Grande to help local businesses ruined by ...

Clockwise from top, remediation trucks at The Gasparilla Inn. Right, street sweepers from Lee County are busy. Ziad & Kaz ...

On the Saturday before Milton, this editor was at Dollar Tree in Englewood, at the Winn-Dixie shopping center. For those who ...

Day by day Hurricane Milton recovery on Gasparilla Hurricane Milton was the third hurricane landfall in Florida this year ...

The Rev. Anthony Hewitt, priest of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, has begun daily Mass at the parish’s Life Center, and ...

BY CHRISTINE OLIVER We would like to provide you with an update regarding our transition to our temporary location. We are ...

Residents can use over-washed sand to fill in holes and may return sand to the beach as long as the below requirements are ...

BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO As we begin the long road to recovery following Hurricane Milton, we want to express our heartfelt ...

Reflecting on early childhood education at the preschool BY KELLENE CARPENTER Editor’s Note: Kelli Carpenter wrote this essay ...