SUBMITTED BY THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Commissioners with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) directed staff to take bold steps to protect Fl…
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FIVE YEARS AGO
Work began on the new Gasparilla Island Water Association, The Island School held their annual Friendship Dance and the Pine Leaf Boys were shakin’ it at…
Sometimes, doing the right thing and enforcing important laws isn’t as easy as it sounds. Such is the case with the continuing saga of a person hired by two island organizations who, it was discov…
If you’re tired of the unreliable cell phone service the island has experienced since the storm, be thankful you don’t have an emergency call to make. Jim Turpin found out last Friday, Feb. 10 tha…
Lee County has announced a phased reopening of beach parks, with Gasparilla Island beach accesses at the top of the list.
The tentative opening is scheduled for early March. Lee County Parks &a…
Emily and Jim talk about the blue holes of the Gulf
Mote Marine Laboratory is sharing some of its most interesting research with Boca Grande audiences through a series of presentations called C…
Fortunately for Boca Grande, neither Hurricane Ian nor the pandemic have been able to stop the United Methodist Women’s annual Strawberry Festival. On Saturday, March 4, the festival will return t…
Submitted by the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Quarterly Board meeting was held on Wednesday February 25, 2023, in the offices of the Authority. Ging…
Submitted by the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association
The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association will conduct volunteer-led tours of Mercabo Cove on Ma…
Submitted by Elaine Skypala
For the people involved in our island’s Grande Chorus it is performing a free love song concert at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church last Friday and hearing thunderous a…
