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GICIA’s solution to Bike Path safety: Kind, courteous behavior

March 18, 2022
SUBMITTED BY GICIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MISTY NICHOLS It is March and the island is busy. Spring break has begun, families are visiting the island, the weather is beautiful, and the last thing on…

It’s time for the annual Boca Grande Spring Fair

March 18, 2022
SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE WOMAN’S CLUB UPDATE: Attention, all would-be bike parade entrants! If you are planning to participate in the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Bike Parade on Saturday, March…

Get ready to groove at the Green Gala

March 18, 2022
BY SHEILA EVANS Get out your bell-bottoms, start practicing your peace signs, and get your groove on. Woodstock is coming to Boca Grande. The iconic rock festival provides the theme for the 24t…

Lance and Susan Brind Morrow to speak at Fust Library

March 17, 2022
BY JANE GENIESSE Dare we call them learned? Why not? They are wordsmiths, absorbed with history, literature and languages. They have traveled far and written eloquently of what they saw. Now La…

Stop by Whidden’s and see the marina in a whole new light

March 17, 2022
This Saturday, March 19, The Gasparilla Island Maritime Museum is proud to introduce a mix of old and new together, as they honor the Whidden sisters’ legacy. The program will run from 3 to 6 p.m….

Boca Grande Health Clinic 75th anniversary street party scheduled

March 17, 2022
The Boca Grande Health Clinic has come a long way since the mid-1900s, when an out-of-town doctor treated patients once a week in a small room above the Railroad Depot. The journey to 75 years was…

Island School Dribblers to perform at PTO lemonade stand on March 30

March 17, 2022
The smooth moves of The Island School Dribblers will be featured at on Wednesday, March 30 at 4:30 p.m., while The Island School’s PTO runs a lemonade stand to raise money for the school. Dribb…

Tarpon pull at LBC looking for volunteers

March 17, 2022
In 2011, Lemon Bay Conservancy member and tour guide Dr. Bill Dunson made an unusual discovery at the preserve in Placida while exploring the newly built trails with his son. Together they observe…

Dog Days at Lemon Bay: Suncoast Humane Giving Challenge 2022

March 17, 2022
While the Suncoast Humane Society has named its fundraiser, “Dog Days at Lemon Bay,” they want you to know they are critter-inclusive. All creatures, great and small, from kitties to rabbits, para…

‘A win for Boca Grande!’ proclaims resident after prestigious placement in Sanibel shell contest

March 17, 2022
When island resident Sam Hobbs entered one of his shell works of art in the 85th Sanibel Shell Festival in the first weekend of March, he didn’t really think he would walk away a winner. After all…