When Capt. Sandy Melvin, Bill Klettke and Michael Vaughn founded the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic more than a decade ago, it was with one objective in mind – to create a fast-paced, action-packe…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 8 to discuss three Certificates of Appropriateness, which were all passed unanimously. Disaster Relief Fun…
By Boots Tolsdorf, RPP
WHODUNIT?
You will have to come and find out when “The Game’s Afoot,” a madcap, wacky, comic, murder mystery takes to the Boca Grande Community Center’s stage February…
On Thursday, Feb.16, local author Lindsay Major will speak about her book, “Lindsay Hughes Cooper: A Portrait.” Major is a former president and board member of the Johann Fust Library Foundation. …
A new book by Sandy Jacobs is hot off the press. “Fragments” is a novel based on family memories.
The story begins in Kishinev, Ukraine, where the author’s 15-year-old grandmother and her famil…
The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reports that Huricane Ian had a minimal affect on the success of sea turtle nesting on the island.
“It was the end of nesting season for the loggerheads,…
Lemon Bay Conservancy will hold a public open house at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve on Saturday, Feb. 11 that will included guided trail walks, environmental presentations and more.
The firs…
Lots of people in Boca Grande love to walk the beach in the morning. Most of them do not make the trek if the weather is nasty, or if the sun gets too hot. There are some folks, however, who do no…
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FIVE YEARS AGO
The sale of Las Olas, a home that was once part of the Crowninshield compound on Gilchrist Avenue, broke island real estate records when it sold for $13 …
The Boca Grande Preschool is back in business. It reopened its doors January 9, and is better than ever.
“Little children thrive on normalcy,” asserts Kelli Carpenter, the Preschool Director. F…
