BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
“In order to understand the difference between the Boca Grande of 1949 and today, you have to realize that in 1949, Gasparilla Island, of ne…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet Sept. 10, 2025 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church for its monthly meeting. The only item on the agenda is the Ghriskey Remodel, at 731 Palm Ave…
FIVE YEARS AGO
GIBA announced that a contract had been awarded for the construction of the southern roadway sidewalk which would include paved shoulders, concrete sidewalk and curbing.
TEN YEA…
There will be a new entrance at the Boca Grande Community Center, after approval by the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday.
Vice Chair Peggy Stanley presided over the meeting, w…
FIVE YEARS AGO
An Iowa man, fishing near the Boca Grande Causeway, was bitten by a blacktip shark as he was releasing it.
TEN YEARS AGO
The last week of summer camp was wrapping up for Boca…
BY KAREN GRACE, BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
In 1915, Peter Bradley of the American agricultural Chemical Company had 26 banyan trees planted on each side of what was then Second Street. The tr…
Above, a close up of the proposed changes to the entrance, which will have a wide ramp from Park Avenue.
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at…
FIVE YEARS AGO
“You and Islands” was released by the Zac Brown Band. The song references the sunsets at Boca Grande and is an attempt to take listeners to another place in their minds.
TEN YEA…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting will be held on August 13, at 10 a.m., at St. Andrew’s Chapter House.
The agenda includes items by the public, two Special Certificate of Appr…
FIVE YEARS AGO
New hand sanitizing stations were being distributed to local businesses that took the “Boca Grande Pledge” to educate the public regarding cleanliness and slowing the spread of COV…
