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Recollecting the Great Seashell Hunt of 2018 with BIPS
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Barrier Island Parks Society, in partnership with Florida Park Service, hosted the annual Great Seashel…
Mimi Carvalho is now Executive Chef at South Beach
■ BY SUE ERWIN South Beach Executive Chef Mimi Carvalho can’t make her way from the kitchen through the dining area withou…
SHS to introduce new capital campaign at fundraiser
■ STAFF REPORT Stop by the Boca Grande Community Center on Saturday, March 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. for a Suncoast Humane Socie…
GIWA 2017 water quality report available
■ STAFF REPORT Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc.’s 2017 Wat…
Lynne Cheney shares her insights into James Madison
■ BY MARY COOK Biographer Dr. Lynne Cheney, wife of former United S…
See the Weld/Ellis house during ‘Garden Dialogue’
■ STAFF REPORT Dramatically sited on a sand dune, the Weld/Ellis beach house & garden in Boca Grande affords stunning …
Boca Grande Garden Club celebrates 20 years of growth
■ BY CATHERINE SHANNON BALLMAN Everything is coming up asters for the Boca Grande Garden Club this season. The star-shaped…
ISLAND LEO BEAT: Welcoming our new TIS SRO
This week we welcomed Cpl. Wilhelm “Willy” Radauscher to the island, as he is the new School Resource Officer (SRO) at The…
DUI at Causeway
■ STAFF REPORT A Placida woman was arrested for driving while under the influence at Gasparilla Road and the Boca Grande C…
Profile: James Clark Dieffenderfer
■ BY SUE ERWIN When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Second Lieutenant Jim Dieffenderfer was a studen…