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Nope, it’s not a coconut
Island beachgoer finds something a bit unusual
Here’s something that doesn’t happen every day. It was on Tuesday…
BGWC announces community grant, scholarship awards
Submitted by the Boca Grande Woman’s Club
Since its founding in the fall of 1948, the Boca Grande Woman’s Club has con…
‘Hearts Filled With Love’; PanCan event this Saturday, April 29
By Boots Tolsdorf
Where have your “Hearts” gone?
They have landed on Ann Fletcher’s Christmas tree!
In December …
Strawberry Festival wrap-up shows amazing numbers, generous islanders
By Susan Hanafee
If there had been any concerns that the 2023 S…
A flooded causeway took precedence at latest GIBA meeting
Flooding on the Gasparilla Island Causeway after Hurricane Ian was…
Alice’s Secret Garden: A piece of the Fust Library, named for an island visionary
Submitted by the Johann Fust Library Foundation
On Friday, April 14, 2023, under the cover of dappled light and surrou…
Knight named new BGHS president, Blaha to serve as vice president
Johns Knight is the newly-elected president of the Boca Grande Historical Society. The Knight family came to Florida in 1…
Saying goodbye to Rev. Martyn
It was a sad farewell on Sunday, April 23 at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande, as Rev. Martyn Atkins…
Celebrating the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse
The Gasparilla Island Lighthouse is open for business again. The historic structure was seriously d…