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Recollecting the Great Seashell Hunt of 2018 with BIPS
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Barrier Island Parks Society, in partnership with Florida Park Service, hosted the annual Great Seashell…
Mimi Carvalho is now Executive Chef at South Beach
■ BY SUE ERWIN South Beach Executive Chef Mimi Carvalho can’t make her way from the kitchen through the dining area without…
SHS to introduce new capital campaign at fundraiser
■ STAFF REPORT Stop by the Boca Grande Community Center on Saturday, March 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. for a Suncoast Humane Society…
GIWA 2017 water quality report available
■ STAFF REPORT Gasparilla Island Water Association, Inc.’s 2017 Water…
Lynne Cheney shares her insights into James Madison
■ BY MARY COOK Biographer Dr. Lynne Cheney, wife of former United Sta…
See the Weld/Ellis house during ‘Garden Dialogue’
■ STAFF REPORT Dramatically sited on a sand dune, the Weld/Ellis beach house & garden in Boca Grande affords stunning be…
Boca Grande Garden Club celebrates 20 years of growth
■ BY CATHERINE SHANNON BALLMAN Everything is coming up asters for the Boca Grande Garden Club this season. The star-shaped a…
ISLAND LEO BEAT: Welcoming our new TIS SRO
This week we welcomed Cpl. Wilhelm “Willy” Radauscher to the island, as he is the new School Resource Officer (SRO) at The I…
DUI at Causeway
■ STAFF REPORT A Placida woman was arrested for driving while under the influence at Gasparilla Road and the Boca Grande Cau…
Profile: James Clark Dieffenderfer
■ BY SUE ERWIN When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Second Lieutenant Jim Dieffenderfer was a student…