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PROFILE: Gina McFadden
May 8, 2020
STAFF REPORT – Boca Grande resident Gina McFadden is the Vice President of the Boca Grande Art Center Board of Directors and also the Chair of their Membership Committee.
She was born and raised in…
Body of man found in waters between Little Gasparilla and Gasparilla Island
May 7, 2020
STAFF REPORT – On Wednesday, May 6 the body of a 60-year-old man was found by emergency personnel in the waters between Little Gasparilla Island and Gasparilla Island. His cause of death is not bei…
Time they’ll never get back … Local high school seniors salvage what they can of their graduating year by looking ahead
May 4, 2020
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Prom dresses hang in closets, some with tags still attached. Hallways that were once filled with noise and bustle are still. Yearbooks will still be distributed, but the friends…
First four turtle nests found, prior to May 1 season opening
May 1, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Never let it be said that Gasparilla Island turtles are slackers. By the beginning of sea turtle nesting season for 2020, which started today, May 1, there were already four nes…
Let’s talk sidewalk amenities and parking in Boca Grande
May 1, 2020
Part II: Items to be addressed by the Boca Grande Community Planning Association STAFF REPORT – Island residents who took the Boca Grande Community Planning Survey gave their views on two topics fa…
Island native wins prestigious library award for intellectual freedom
May 1, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Island native turned New Orleanian Seale Paterson was recently honored by the Louisiana Library Association with the 2020 Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom Award. This doesn’t co…
An appropriate refresher in history for this time: The Quarantine House
May 1, 2020
BY CAPT ROBERT W JOHNSON – The Boca Grande Quarantine Station, located on the south end of the island, was built in 1892 on the beach next to the Boca Grande Lighthouse for the Florida State appoin…
GIBA reports on traffic decrease, toll card extensions
April 24, 2020
SUBMITTED BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND BRIDGE AUTHORITY –
GIBA Board of Supervisors held their quarterly board meeting on Wednesday, April 22. Island residents Ronald Drake and Kenneth Richardson were …
Spark Boca Grande to livestream comedy in May
April 24, 2020
BY OLIVIA CAMERON AND ERICA MARTIN – The island’s famed performers of Spark Boca Grande will entertain from the internet with a distant play. With social distancing recommendations, the group has d…
Time to clean out the jewelry box to help a local girl: Loveland Center resident will come and collect your castoff jewelry
April 24, 2020
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – With stay-at-home recommendations regarding the safety of the public from the pandemic, what better time than to clean out old junk drawers and closets you don’t use? Any costum…