Author: Guest Columnist

AUXCOMM update: GIBA approves $60,000 budget for their part of program hardware

November 9, 2023
Guest Columnist
News

BY GEORGE HAMRICK Fire Chief C.W. Blosser and the Island EOC Emergency Communications & Interoperability Working Group would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Gasparilla Island...

Final audit report in the works, increases in revenue and more at GIBA meeting

November 9, 2023
Guest Columnist
Featured News, News

The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority (GIBA) Quarterly Board meeting was held on Thursday, Nov. 2, in the offices of the Authority. The members were updated on the traffic and revenue figures for...

‘The Dining Room on Boca Grande’ is a theatrical feast

SUBMITTED BY THE ROYAL PALM PLAYERS Imagine a dramedy of manners in a dining room on Gilchrist Avenue. Add 16 scenes time-traveling between 1917 and today. Throw 17 actors into the mix – half well-known...

Mendez speaks to Garden Club about ‘The Right-Size Flower Garden’

November 9, 2023
Guest Columnist
Featured News, News

SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Kerry Ann Mendez, noted gardening consultant, lecturer, author, columnist, landscape designer and owner of Perennially Yours, a company dedicated to teaching...

New donations to AUXCOMM fund mean one step closer to the goal of emergency autonomy

November 2, 2023
Guest Columnist
News, Police & Fire

BY GEORGE HAMRICK Fire Chief C.W. Blosser and the Island EOC Emergency Communications & Interoperability Working Group would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Boca Grande Health...

GUEST EDITORIAL: SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY

November 2, 2023
Guest Columnist
Editorial

Over the years, I’ve read the Boca Beacon without fail. The best parts of the weekly paper are what I call “The Boca Soaps.” I savor every word. I love the Gilchrist sagas that kept going for several...

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Make it Grande! Royal Palm Players announces their 2023-24 season

October 30, 2023
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Entertainment

SUBMITTED BY ROYAL PALM PLAYERS After three years of partial seasons, Royal Palm Players is poised and ready to entertain and excite you. They are back with a full season of four major productions...

Decide a 100-year-old debate on November 8: Was Warren Harding one of our worst presidents?

October 30, 2023
Guest Columnist
News

Was Warren Harding one of our worst presidents? Next week, you can decide! On Wednesday, Nov. 8, historian Ryan Walters will give us a chance to reconsider the historically poor opinion of our...

GICIA Bike Path mulching will finalize summer planting project

October 26, 2023
Guest Columnist
Community

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is entering the final phase of the Bike Path landscaping plan, which began in August. Hurricane Ian...