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ISLAND LEO BEAT: Remember your basic traffic rules when driving island streets
The weather may have cooled off, but the island is heating up with the hustle and bustle of season again. Visitors and resid…
‘Spark’ your creativity and share your talent through new island program
■ BY SUE ERWIN Have you ever wanted to participate in a play but didn’t quite have the courage to audition? A new program fr…
Profile: Kathleen Turner
■ BY SUE ERWIN After managing PJ’s Seagrille and The Grapevine for more than 30 years, Kathleen Turner has a new office. She…
So this red tide … is it ever going away?
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE As I type this on a Wednesday morning, it’s a bri…
Covert canine feature addressed by local four-legged critters
To the Editor: From one morbidly obese canine to another: I believe I…
Seibert remembers the peripatetic Paul Rudolph
■ BY MARY BESS
The Sarasota Architectural Foundation recently marked the100th birthday of Paul Rudolph at the annual Sa…
Bocilla Islands Conservancy fundraiser was a success
To the Editor: Bocilla Islands Conservancy Inc. would like to thank the community for the success of its second annual Prese…
A look into the future of The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The Gasparilla Inn & Club has been slowly introducing their new plans for the property where the Gas…
Red tide forum brings hundreds to Community Center
BY SUE ERWIN – There was a long line wrapping around the auditorium on Friday afternoon at the Boca Grande Community Center…
BIPS announces GIL commemoration and lighting ceremony: One week left to be named as a ‘founding donor’
It’s been a long and challenging journey, but finally on Saturday, Feb. 9, the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse will once again…