Good Friday Service will be held April 3 at 7 p.m. Easter Morning Service will be April 5 at 10:45 a.m. This Easter Morning Service the church is excited to include Alan Curtis Tripp on piano.
Come worship the risen Savior with the congregation at First Baptist Church of Pine Island, at 5363 Avenue D, Bokeelia, at The Center, across the street from Pine Island Elementary School.
For more information, contact the church at (239) 283-1737.
On Saturday, April 11, at 2 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church will hold a celebration of life for former member and Pine Island seasonal resident Sharon Herpers, who passed away on Feb. 10, 2026.
A Eucharist Service will be followed by a gathering in St. John’s Comfort Hall for friends and family.
Herpers was an active member of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Minnetonka, Minnesota, for almost 60 years, as well as St. John’s Episcopal Church on Pine Island and Epiphany Episcopal Church in Cape Coral.
She was kind, generous and loving. She had a wonderful sense of humor and loved traveling, watching the Minnesota Twins and Vikings, playing bridge, reading, doing ...
The Pine Island Sketchers meets every Tuesday during season from 10 a.m. to noon at a different location each week to draw and paint together outdoors. Bring a chair, art supplies and water.
April 7 — Masters Grove, 13311 Stringfellow Road, Bokeelia. Drive north on Stringfellow from The Center for about three miles. The entrance is on the left and has lovely gate covered with magenta bougainvillea.
April 14 — Randell Research Center, 13810 Waterfront Drive, Pineland. Drive north on Stringfellow from The Center for about three miles. Turn left on Pineland Road. As the road curves around, it turns into Waterfront Drive and Randell Research Center will be on your right.
April 21 ...
Join members of the Calusa Land Trust and Florida Fish and Wildlife at the Wigert-Barron Preserve on Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to noon for a free, family friendly event all about gopher tortoises. CLT will debut a StoryWalk featuring children’s’ book, “Gus the Gopher Tortoise” by Thomas Kibalo at the Wigert-Barron Preserve in Bokeelia. The StoryWalk will remain on display for the month of April, but April 11 will be an opportunity for the first 25 families to win a copy of the book and to play an “I Spy”-type scavenger hunt to identify some of the plants and butterflies that can be seen at Wigert-Barron Preserve.
Gopher tortoises are a threatened species in Florida ...
A pasta dinner fundraiser for Pine Island resident Lisa Dence will be held Wednesday, April 15, at the St. James Civic Center. Dinner will be served from 5-7 p.m.; eat-in or carry-out.
Tickets are $20 and available in advance from Julie Robbers at (239) 744-9767 or at the door.
Dence is the owner of Salty Girls Cafe in Bokeelia. She has been experiencing some serious medical issues and is unable to return to work. This is a severe hardship for Dence and her family.
Dence has been a generous and accommodating member of the Pine Island community for many years, whether lending her previous Olde Fish House location for island fundraisers such as the Matlacha Hookers ...
Carla Arguello and Erika Barrabi are the proud new owners of Savage Skillet in Bokeelia, which opened on Dec. 6, 2025. Barrabi said the pair never met in the cooking industry when they both had their own separate food trucks in Miami, and stressed that this is very uncommon.
“I saw her ...
Cadets across the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs within the School District of Lee County came together to make a powerful impact in the fight against hunger in Southwest Florida.
Through a coordinated food drive spanning 16 schools, JROTC students collected an ...
The Bobby Nichols-Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation has awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to six designated charities of the 24th annual Nichols Cup tournaments and auction gala, bringing its total fundraising to date to almost $22 million for children’s charities in Southwest ...
For the second time in less than a year, Haitians living in the U.S. are facing possible deportation.
Advocacy groups say they should retain Temporary Protection Status as it is still too dangerous for them to return to Haiti.
Last July, when it appeared TPS would terminate in September, it ...
Autism impacts more lives in our community than many realize. It is found in our classrooms, neighborhoods, workplaces and homes, shaping daily routines and experiences for countless parents, siblings and caregivers. For many families, it influences how they plan, communicate and support one ...
By School District of Lee County estimates, 3,400 students took part in walkouts last week in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.
The walkouts took place at 13 of the district’s high schools — all but two — and at one middle school in south county.
School ...
