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Are you thinking about updating your home? Any changes to the exterior of residences in Burnt Store Marina (BSM) are required to have Architectural Review Committee (ARC) approval. This applies to all homes, as well as homes in a condo association. If this approval is not granted through ARC, you may be asked to modify […]

Like many wintertime Florida residents, my early years of fishing were spent trailering fishing boats around the Great Lakes in pursuit of salmon, walleye, bass, and perch – with great success, I might add, bringing countless hours of enjoyment over the last 60 years or so. Well, then, what could be so different about fishing […]

BSM Blood Drive Schedule for 2026 Mark Your Calendar – January 19 and March 23, 2026, Always on Monday 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Wow! Monday, November 10 was a great day for blood donations. The Big Red Bus was quite busy collecting 29 units of blood, which marks a very successful blood drive for […]

Well, it’s January and you know what that means, RESOLUTIONS! Yours may be to exercise more, lose weight, eat healthier, or any one of the many things we tell ourselves we are going to do better. If your resolution is to eat healthier, but you still need your chocolate fix, these brownies, from CookingKatyLady.com, are […]

The Burnt Store Marina Dog Park is celebrating their one-year anniversary this January. We sure have come a long way from a field of weeds to a beautiful park for our wonderful dogs, and their owners to meet and play. We continue to try to improve the park as we increase funds. We appreciate our […]

Are you thinking about updating your home? Any changes to the exterior of residences in Burnt Store Marina (BSM) are required to have Architectural Review Committee (ARC) approval. This applies to all homes, as well as homes in a condo association. If this approval is not granted through ARC, you may be asked to modify […]

It is a Lee County law, as well as a Burnt Store Marina rule, that all dogs are to be on leashes whenever outside residences. The open lot at the corner of Cape Cole and Matecumbe is not a dog park. The Commodore residents own the whole part that is landscaped. Please keep your dogs […]

One day last winter, I was chatting with a friend, Jamie Jones, about sailing, writing and a myriad of other topics when he suggested that I add to my nautical book review series with an article about single-handed around-the-world sailing adventure books. We spent a fun half hour regaling each other with our individual favorites, […]