Garden: Mackinac landscape architect on planting a car-less island
BY LAMAR TOOLE,BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB The final meeting of the Boca Grande Garden Club 2024-25 season was held on April 2 and featured an entertaining presentation by Michigan- and Florida-licensed landscape architect Jack Barnwell, owner of Jack Barnwell Design, Mackinac Island, MI, and partner and lead designer of C3 Gardens, LLC, in Naples. One […]
Laser regatta season winners
Competitors in the April 6, 2025 BSYC “Island Championship” are (L to R): Mark Rickenbaugh, Oakley Johnson, Lee Edwards, Nat Leonard, Steve Brink, Sam Howe – Commodore, Bill…
Donation aids Range Light
Just after a check donation this week from the Boca Grande Disaster Fund to benefit Barrier Island Parks Society, Charles Nadler observes as BIPS President Crossan Seybolt looks…
Town Park restoration begins Easter Monday
BY THE GICIA
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) will start restoring the Town Park between 3rd and 5th Streets, beginning on Monday. Storm…
Boca Grande Fishing Pier still closed, needs FEMA help
There is no timeline for the reopening of the Boca Grande or Placida Fishing Piers which were damaged during hurricane season; however, Charlotte County Parks and Recreation has…
OPINION: VAN HUBBARD
Easter. Plus, we do not have a rewind if you want that photo
Easter is our most significant religious holiday. It’s also a time many of our winter visitors head home. Spring’s…
EcoWatch: Hallelujahs and OMGs
“Christianity, we must treat nature with the same awe and wonder that we reserve for human beings. And we do not need this insight in order to believe in God or to prove his exis…