North Port will move forward with a plan to restore the main building at Warm Mineral Springs and restore its grounds.
On Tuesday, North Port City Commission approved Ordinance No. 2026-19 on sec…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved a request to elevate the First Baptist Church of Boca Grande parsonage to help reduce future flood risk. The board also advanced a request to rem…
The Fourth of July holiday on Gasparilla Island attracted a large number of visitors, including the extended Thomas and Westerberg families, down from Sarasota.
The family came to stay at The Gas…
The 70th Anniversary of Andrea Doria sinking
Perhaps one of the most famous maritime disasters, and the first steamship disaster to receive extensive television coverage, was the sinking of the I…
FIVE YEARS AGO
Boca Grande Community Center’s summer camp enjoyed visits from Monty the banded water snake and Charlotte the curly-haired tarantula!
TEN YEARS AGO
The Gasparilla Inn & C…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will consider two items at its upcoming meeting next week on July 8, including raising the parsonage on the First Baptist Church of Boca Grande campus to…
Perhaps one of the most useful trends unleashed by the Bicentennial in 1976 was a nationwide interest in family history. And what it took was often some family member, the family historian, who not…
FIVE YEARS AGO
The National Register controversy continued in Boca Grande with residents protesting what they considered an invasion of privacy.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Gasparilla Island Light pr…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will consider two cases at its meeting on July 8.
The first case concerns 1000 10th Street. It is a request to change the house’s status from contribut…
FIVE YEARS AGO
Work had begun on the expansion project at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church with the home next door razed and the lot cleaned.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Aut…
