■ STAFF REPORT As of press time there were 20 boats registered to fish the Red Gill Invitational scheduled for this Saturday, June 15, from 5 to 8 p.m...
Boca Blue wins World’s Richest!
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE A rough patch of weather and an iffy tide may have slightly slowed the fishing for the 2019 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament, bu...
Beach renourishment moving along – Never mind the occasional pink water
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Beach renourishment is almost complete in the Histric District area, with only a few odds and ends to tie up for a few days. Work ...
More details of GICIA v. Damfiwill made available
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE More information has come to light regarding the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association’s lawsuit against Lee ...
Change is coming at the Pink Pony: Introducing Tortuga!
■ STAFF REPORT As of Tuesday, June 18, 2019 the Pink Pony will be officially giving the reins of its kitchen to David Mota, creator of its new kitchen...
Hanafee resigns from Historic Preservation Board
■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved all four items on the agenda at the monthly meeting held on Wednesday, June 12. Th...
Turtle nests relocated due to beach work
■ BY SUE ERWIN Due to the current beach renourishment project, Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol members have relocated 15 nests – 12 between ...
Profile: Ozzie Lessinger
■ BY SUE ERWIN Ozzie Lessinger learned to fish before he could walk. His father, an avid fisherman, put 6-month-old Ozzie in a backpack carrier and pl...
Obituary: Don Terrell Sayer
Don Terrell Sayer passed away Thursday, June 6, 2019 at Heritage Assisted Living and Memory Care in Placida. Don was born May, 25 1936 in Toccoa, GA. ...
It takes a lot of hard-working people to make the GIKC as successful as it is
To the Editor: What a great year for the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament. Records were broken with 81 tarpon released, and we raised ...