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Obituary: Vaughn Everett McCarthy
Vaughn Everett McCarthy, 69, was born September 19, 1946 in Portland, Maine. He moved to St. Petersburg in 1957 and…
Profile: Christina Sexton
BY SUE ERWIN – Island Realtor Christina Sexton was born and raised in Englewood, and she is enjoying watching her real esta…
Save Gilchrist: Green space needed
To the Editor: First of all, I want to publicly applaud Buzzy Stevenson and the GICIA for initiating the drive to save the…
More Gilchrist clarifications and elaboration
To the Editor: I was disturbed at the gratuitous use of my na…
A Gilchrist Avenue parking timeline: 2003-15
If you hear the word “Gilchrist” and cringe, you are not alone. As t…
PROFILE: Dianne Pavia
BY SUE ERWIN – Island employee Dianne Pavia has worked as a cashier at Hudson’s Grocery for the past year. She is originally…
$16 million raised in two weeks for Mercabo purchase
When our community comes together, we come together in a big way. As of our press date the Gasparilla Island Conservation a…
The bridge was stuck for a little while, but it’s all better now
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Tuesday, Dec. 1 at around noon motorists had what some would refer to as a “bonding moment” when the…
A special boy gets the royal treatment when he comes to Boca Grande
BY SUE ERWIN – Finding out that your child has a brain tumor is unfathomable, but once the shock of the news has passed, th…
Gulf Coast Symphony to perform at Fust Library
A traveling quartet from the Symphony will perform in the library’s gardens and loggia at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10 at the…