Author: Guest Columnist

Next week, the lighting of the community tree

November 24, 2022
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News

Submitted by the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Mother Nature has dealt our island quite a blow, and many are still recovering from Hurricane Ian. Let us band together to show our resilience. On...

An unprecedented pairing: The Fust and The Hermitage

November 24, 2022
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Submitted by the Johann Fust Library Foundation Tired of thinking about your hurricane issues? Need a slight change of scenery and some enrichment with fellow book lovers? On Thursday, Dec. 15...

Will and Brecken take GIFT tournament for 2022

By Capt. Sandy Melvin The young gun team of Capt. Will Waterhouse and Capt. Brecken Stinnett caught two redfish for a total overall length of 45 3/4 inches to win the 27th annual Gasparilla Island...

Boca Grande Garden Club announces 2022-23 schedule of events

November 18, 2022
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By Catherine Ballman, Boca Grande Garden Club Along with everyone and everything on Gasparilla Island, the Boca Grande Garden Club is tweaking plans for the 2022-23 season. The one certain thing...

From The Island School … ’tis Bubble Day!

November 4, 2022
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Education

By Donna Catanzarite Fifth-grade students at The Island School have been busy investigating physical science. Through a variety of hands-on...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bzzzzzzz … bzzzzzz … are you tired of it?

To the Editor: Let’s talk mosquitoes. I’d tell you my phone is ringing off the hook, but our office phones are still out more than they are working. With that said, I am getting a lot of emails...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: He stayed, then wrote a very accurate description of the event

To the Editor: September 28, 2022 will go down in infamy and will be remembered for some years to come. Ian was almost a 100-year storm, or close to it. The landfall over the island was slow and...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I’m fine

To the Editor: Someone asked me last week, “How are you doing?” The pat answer is “I’m fine.” I’m not really. I’m better than most. But there’s just something that’s not right, not me....

Cayo Costa: An update from ground zero

October 28, 2022
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SUBMITTED BY CAYO COSTA PARK RANGERS As many of you know, Cayo Costa State Park is where Hurricane Ian made its initial landfall. The damage to the park was catastrophic. Along with so many in our...

From the office of the Boca Grande Historical Society

Thank you all for your patience as we deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. I am happy to report that the History Center and all of our historic treasures are safe and did not acquire any storm...