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BGHPB hears renovation proposal from Friends
November 9, 2023
The meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday, Nov. 8 featured a presentation by Friends of Boca Grande regarding their proposed renovations for the Community Center, The…
Thank you for your service! Honoring our heroes, from Boca Grande and beyond
November 9, 2023
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AUXCOMM update: GIBA approves $60,000 budget for their part of program hardware
November 9, 2023
BY GEORGE HAMRICK
Fire Chief C.W. Blosser and the Island EOC Emergency Communications & Interoperability Working Group would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Gasparilla Island…
Thanksgiving date still good for tower carrier installation
November 9, 2023
According to members of the Boca Grande Cell Phone Tower Committee, everything appears to be on track for complete carrier installation on the new tower by Thanksgiving.
“We had a call yesterda…
9th Street sailboat gone (pretty much)
November 9, 2023
Last Friday morning, Nov. 3, the process of removing the sailboat at 9th Street was over and done before it barely began. All that can be seen now are two metal poles sticking out of the sand, add…
Final audit report in the works, increases in revenue and more at GIBA meeting
November 9, 2023
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority (GIBA) Quarterly Board meeting was held on Thursday, Nov. 2, in the offices of the Authority.
The members were updated on the traffic and revenue figures …
Tabletops designer to visit for J. McLaughlin book event
November 9, 2023
New York interior designer and photographer Stephanie Stokes will visit Boca Grande to promote her new Rizzoli book “The World at Your Table” at a signing on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at J. McLaughlin.
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‘The Dining Room on Boca Grande’ is a theatrical feast
November 9, 2023
SUBMITTED BY THE ROYAL PALM PLAYERS
Imagine a dramedy of manners in a dining room on Gilchrist Avenue. Add 16 scenes time-traveling between 1917 and today. Throw 17 actors into the mix – half w…