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OBITUARY: Joe Anderson
Joe (Joseph) Anderson, husband of Yvonne Anderson, CEO of the Boca Grande Club, died on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Joe died ve…
Too close for comfort with a hammerhead shark
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Recently a Boca Grande hammerhead made the news in our area for creating a scene on a local beach. Yes…
Bombenger named as 2021 recipient of Jay Joiner belt buckle
According to Capt. Waylon Mills, president of the Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association, Capt. Chad Bombenger will receive…
Lemon Bay Golf Club, giving kids ‘A Better Shot’
BY T MICHELE WALKER – When looking for a quality camp for children, t…
Summer is here! Here are five tips to make it a healthy one
BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – Sunday, June 20, marked the offici…
The healing power of music therapy in correlation with brain health
BY T MICHELE WALKER – Science is finally catching up with what musicians have known since the dawn of time. Singing heals an…
PROFILE: RAY AND ILIENE CORCORAN
BY T MICHELE WALKER – If you’re one of the lucky ones, you meet the love of your life and you just know that they’re the “on…
Flyin Hawaiian team takes first and more for $50,600 prize in 2021 World’s Richest
Congratulations to the team on the Flyin Hawaiian for winning first place and $50,600 in the 2021 World’s Richest Tarp…
GIKC releases slim, but fun was big!
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The skies were gray and the bite was sporadic in the 2021 Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tourname…
Boca Grande Fire, LCSO respond to several accidents on the island this week
STAFF REPORT – Local first responders responded to three different accidents on the island this week, but luckily none with…