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Chowder Festival benefits The Island School Jan. 17
It is time for The Island School’s Ninth Annual Chowder Dinner on Friday, Jan. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m., at The Gasparilla Inn…
Business and Real Estate: New tarpon board promos guides
A new promotional board for the Boca Grande Fishing Guide Association is part of a wider effort to promote traditional fish…
Reading about fishing: Author favorites Robert Fritchey, Hart Stilwell
It’s a new year, but I’m stuck reminiscing about old observations.
I’ve read several older books about fishing; it’s ama…
The Rev. Michelle Robertshaw appointed to Cathedral
Bishop Douglas Scharf of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida…
Film Festival will use Community Center Auditorium site
The Boca Grande Film Festival 2025 is set for Feb. 19-21 and the aud…
Bee free
A little help from humans these days will go a long way later. Since the hurricane, there have not been many flowering plan…
Trash to Treasure with Inn staff
The Gasparilla Inn employees are participating in a trash to treasure initiative – bringing the island back together. The f…
ESSAYS: Meeting Roger in paradise; he was the ‘city’ kind of homeless
BY RICK STAGER
You may have seen a shopping cart abandoned on the side of Gasparilla Road near the billionaire’s airport…
Weekend begins by Bayou, and ends with gumbo limbo
A peaceful lone sculler plied the Bayou last Friday on the opening day for the Boca Grande Farmers Market. Families watched…
JoAnn Carol Barwick 1930-2024
JoAnn Carol Ridgeway Barwick, aged 94, a cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend passed away unexpecte…