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May 23, 2024
Heading to Alabama; left island Wednesday The surprise visit of one of the last two remaining Navy PT boats to Gasparilla Island caused a stir on its visit this week. A Facebook post called the…

May 23, 2024
For the first day of the 2024 World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament “Blaze” is leading, according to leaderboard results.  The tournament began this week and was held Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday…

May 17, 2024
The newly rebuilt South Beach Bar & Grille has temporary power, and they hope to have the building turned over to them by mid-June, said co-owner Bart DeStefano. “We’re going to go as fast …

May 17, 2024
This week, the Boca Grande Quarantine Station house went on the market (see pages 16-17).  One feature of the house is a working, wooden cistern. During Hurricane Ian, the tank was disconnected…

May 16, 2024
The Boca Grande Quarantine House, the oldest house on Gasparilla Island, is on the market for the first time in its history. The house, built in 1892, has four bedrooms and four baths. It includes…

May 9, 2024
A small fire on the Boca Grande Causeway’s center island was the road’s second land fire in a year. “This is not normally a problem, but the same thing did happen back in October,” said Gaspari…

May 9, 2024
Italiano Insurance Services, Inc. has a new owner, Assured Partners.  “They buy good agencies, and keep them intact,” said Nat Italiano, who with his brother Jeff, owns the firm that his father…

May 9, 2024
The Boca Grande Health Clinic kicked off National Nurses Week (May 6 to 12) with a surprise presentation of giant greeting cards signed by members of the community expressing their gratitude.  …

May 2, 2024
A driver towing an oversized boat hit and broke the electronic toll gate sign on the middle toll lane of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority plaza at 12:14 a.m. on April 18, causing an estimate…

May 2, 2024
The Hilarium received a warm welcome as she pulled into the Boca Grande Marina on Thursday afternoon, May 2. Hilarium is a motor yacht built by Royal Hakvoort Shipyard from The Netherlands and …