IN THE SPOTLIGHT: A brief history of the Boca Grande Fourth of July 

In 1958, gray skies and rain marred the Fourth of July in Boca Grande. But it was still perhaps the biggest Fourth of July ever for the island, as that Fourth marked the opening of the Gasparilla Island bridge at 11 a.m. The bridge was originally called the Baynard-Spadio-Shuckman Bridge in newspaper ads.  Local newspapers […]