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Island resident receiving rave reviews on new book
BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Sandy Jacobs will tell you that she is not a woman to mince words. But this summer she let them flow free…
BGAC Spring Show will turn it up a notch
BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Boca Grande Art Center is turning it up a notch this season. To make things interesting, they are…
‘All That Jazz’ concert was a smashing success
BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center hit it out of the ballpark again with their March installm…
The Pinxto Route, and San Sebastian (and a great recipe for Spanish tortillas)
Braden Perkins was born in New Orleans and grew up in Boston. Braden…
OBITUARY: Earl Lewis
Earl T. Lewis, M.D. 93, passed away on Monday February 22, 2021 at hi…
OBITUARY: Harold McMillan
Harold Floyd McMillan died Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Englewood, Florida, at the age of 96. He was born October 28, 1924, in…
OBITUARY: Mike Giobbe
Michael E. Giobbe, Jr. (a.k.a Papa), 79, of Boca Grande and Chappaqua, N.Y. died peacefully in his home in Boca Grande on Ma…
PROFILE: Tom Cross
BY T MICHELE WALKER – When Dos Equis beer created their “Most Interesting Man in the World” advertising campaign, the ads fe…
EDITORIAL: The GICIA turns 50 years old
SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – As the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association celebrates its 50th Anniversary w…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The last resort?
To the Editor,
“… some rich men came and raped the land, nobody caught’em. Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus, people…