FIVE YEARS AGO
Family Tradition takes first place in the Quarantine Queens Classic, the island’s answer to the Ladies’ Day Tarpon Tournament when Covid gets in the way.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Is…
The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum opened May 5, after, what they generously called, eight months of “stormy setbacks.” The re-opening was a celebration, as Linda Edic, the wife of the lat…
Other approval is house by famed architect of Mar-a-Lago
Two important Gilchrist house renovations, including a house formerly owned by Bob Vila and another house designed by the architect of Mar…
Seaplanes to the oyster beds: My time with Katharine Hepburn
BY KATHY FUTCH
Miss Hepburn made fairly regular visits to Boca Grande to be with her Houghton family relatives and also some friend…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will review two historic Gilchrist Avenue renovations at its upcoming meeting set for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14.
A French Colonial style house at 3…
FIVE YEARS AGO
The Boca Grande Kids Classic was canceled due to the pandemic. All donations were still distributed.
TEN YEARS AGO
Mote Marine brought their new 46’ boat named Thunder to a r…
The Barrier Island Parks Society (BIPS) will reopen the historic Port Boca Grande Lighthouse and Museum at Gasparilla Island State Park on Monday, May 5 after nearly eight months of closure due to h…
FIVE YEARS AGO
The United Methodist Women distributed funds from the Strawberry Festival to multiple local charities during the Coronavirus shutdowns.
TEN YEARS AGO
Island School students p…
BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
“To write history requires
a whole life of observation,
of inquiry, of labor, and correction,”
Thomas Jefferson 1817…
FIVE YEARS AGO
COVID-19 was in full swing and the World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament for 2020 had been canceled.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Downtown Beautification Project continued with three benche…
