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BIPS says full speed ahead with Gasparilla Light restoration
On Tuesday, the Barrier Islands Park Society (BIPS) announced that they had received final written approval from the United…
Lighthouse Church sends ‘flood buckets’ to Louisiana and Florida
Members of the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande have raised enough money to send fifty “flood buckets,” lar…
Funds still sought for veteran to attend Pearl Harbor ceremony
BY SUE ERWIN – The GoFundMe account to help send a veteran to the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 2016 has g…
Storm in Gulf, predators take toll on turtles
BY SUE ERWIN – Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteers said th…
Longtime Harry Chapin Food Bank associate director announces her retirement
Joyce Jacobs, associate director of the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Sou…
Arthur A. Houghton Jr. – the man whose name is on the room
SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY – At the Boca Grande Community Center there is a meeting room whose plaque r…
Make Your Point: My apologies to Al Gore
BY BOB ELLIOTT – It’s time to offer a mea culpa to Mr. Al Gore or whoever invented the internet. All I was trying to do in p…
11th Annual Boca Grande Scramble to be held at The Gasparilla Golf Club
To the Editor: This is your VIP invitation to the Boca Grande Scramble Golf Tournament, scheduled for Monday, Oct. 10, 2016…
Lightkeeper’s Open Golf Tourney scheduled for October 17
The Barrier Island Parks Society will host The Lightkeeper’s Open, a Gasparilla Island Lighthouse charity golf outing, on Mo…
Hermine is history … Who’s up next?
■ Hurricane Hermine went from Invest to becoming a healthy storm in the Gulf of Mexico. As of press time she was churning he…