News
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, Bo…
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 1…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Closed for the month, but not out of touch …
September 7, 2023
To the Editor:
The Boca Grande History Center will be closed from September 1 – 30 as we refresh our exhibits for the coming season. We appreciate your patience and will announce our reopen…
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 Ia…
Down in the nick of time – Bakery Building toppled hours before Idalia winds and rain came
August 31, 2023
Kevin Kelley couldn’t have come at a better time. When he was hired to take over the demolition effort at the old Bakery Building on E. Railroad Avenue, he didn’t waste a moment. Kelley and his crew…
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 optimist’…
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 be…
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 allow…
Hearing Examiner to make determination in case as to BGHPB ruling in 161 Gilchrist case
August 31, 2023
The proposal submitted by the property owner at 161/181 Gilchrist Ave. to the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board earlier this year, one that was rejected by the Board, will be heard by the Lee…