Skip to main content

Archives

,

Beach cleanup begins after dead fish from red tide

Boca Grande residents called Lee County about the dead mullet on beaches. As of Wednesday, Lee County Parks & Recreatio…
, , ,

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…
,

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 auditorium in the Community Center will be ready to use fo…
, ,

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…