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Bike Florida to bring 500 cyclists to Boca Grande on April 14
■ BY SUE ERWIN Approximately 500 cyclists will be spinning down Gasparilla Road on Thursday, April 14. But don’t be a…
Educational summit features educational celebrities
■ BY SUE ERWIN At an educational summit held on Tuesday, April 5 at the Boca Grande Community Center, some of the nat…
GICIA begins to unveil plans for The Preserve
■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has an insert in this week’s Beaco…
Iguana millage to increase, bidding process to begin soon
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE
Iguana hunting taxes are going up by 0.102…
Woman’s Club announces more than $649,600 in donations this year
At their Annual Meeting held on Monday April 4, The Boca Grande Wom…
PROFILE: Garry Carley
■ BY SUSAN ERWIN Boca Grande part-time resident Garry Carley is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and while he enjoys the …
OBIT: Sydell Berman Friedman
Sydell Friedman was a Boca Grande phenomenon. She and her husband, Stanley, were well known throughout the island and high…
200 have homes, thanks to the BG Haiti project
Letter to the Editor; This smiling family received their new…
Island Art Days to feature 17 artists this weekend
■ STAFF REPORT
Island Art Days will be back for its 11th year on Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m….
Anglers, observers needed for Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament
■ STAFF REPORT Calling all lovers of the tarpon season. The 2016 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament will be held, as is traditio…