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Turtle report: Please stop pulling up yellow stakes protecting nests
BY ARLENE HALL BGSTA SECRETARY
The most exciting part of turtle nesting season began last week, when hatchlings from …
Van Hubbard: Memories of mackerel, and a trout show with Santa Claus
Somewhere in the intense mid- ‘80s, I took videographer Gary Sullivan tarpon fishing. It was 1985 when I met Gary, aka Su…
Seagrass survey volunteers needed by Sea Grant
A volunteer seagrass monitoring program through the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences nee…
Keeping a father’s memory alive on Little Gasparilla
BY KRISTEN VARELA-SCHILD
At my father’s memorial, I was a littl…
Englewood Art Summer Market July 19-20
The Englewood Art Center, a division of Ringling College of Art an…
New Gasparilla Island magazine on newstands
The July/August edition of Gasparilla Island Magazine is out with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages…
Summer at the Boca Grande History Center
BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The late Robert Fischer, author of “Boca Grande: Once A Railroad Town,” wrote th…
Tarpon season roundup for 2024 season
This year’s tarpon season ended on a rainy note, with many female tarpon heading out of the Boca Grande Pass early to spa…
New details on Community Center for Preservation Board
On Wednesday, July 10, the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet to discuss several proposed construction pla…
Community Center upgrade details for Preservation Board
Wednesday meeting looks at center, two projects
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board is meeting at 10 a.m. on W…