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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Summer and fall news at the Boca Grande Community Center
September 7, 2023
To the Editor:
The summer has been an active season at the Boca Grande Community Center and that will continue through the fall.
Highlights from the Community Center, 131 First Street West, …
EDITORIAL: Paradise just ain’t what it used to be
September 7, 2023
If a hurricane doesn’t leave you dead
It will make you strong.
Don’t try to explain it, just nod your head,
Breathe in, breathe out, move on.
Those words went through my head a time or…
Idalia skirts island (but we still had some unpleasantness)
August 31, 2023
There may or may not have been a bit of scoffing going on a few days ago, as many from this area who went through …
Restoring cell coverage… HERE’S THE LATEST
August 31, 2023
Here’s a look at the newest timeline provided by Steele Construction, Inc. as to when the tower might be up. Now that the bakery is gone things should move quickly, but this schedule is an optimis…
New owner of the bakery talks about coming back strong from losing it all
August 31, 2023
Sue Sligar stood watching the Bakery Building come down on Monday, Aug. 28 with mixed feelings. As the new owner of the building (or the space, we should say) she was grateful it would no longer b…
GIWA shuts down some lift stations during storm
August 31, 2023
The Gasparilla Island Water Association (GIWA) is investigating why wastewater output flowing through the system during Idalia was so excessive that they had to shut down some lift systems to allo…
Boca Grande zip beats Nantucket for priciest real estate … but not Fisher Island
August 31, 2023
The Boca Grande zip code 33921 is one of the top 50 highest-valued real estate zip codes in the U.S., according to new data from Zillow that measured typical home value, akin to a median value.
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BREAKING NEWS FROM GIWA:
August 30, 2023
“Gasparilla Island Water Association would like to inform all customers that they may experience slower flushing toilets and showers during Hurricane Idalia storm. With the higher tides and rain f…
Coastal Living ‘discovers’ a secret island called Gasparilla. Who knew?
August 24, 2023
The magazine Coastal Living has “discovered” a new secret island, Gasparilla.
The new fall edition of the magazine put Gasparilla on its front cover with the caption “Florida’s Secret Island. T…