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A sitdown with State Attorney Amira Fox
March 25, 2022
(Continuing our series on local politicians and government administrators, we present an update with 20th Judicial District State Attorney Amira Fox)
Since we last sat down in the summer of 201…
It’s Mardi Gras time on the Bike Path!
March 25, 2022
This Saturday, March 26 is the day to throw on your beads, get out your favorite Mardi Gras mask and join your friends and family to watch the Bike Path parade and join in all of the festivities. …
TIS Dribblers to perform
March 25, 2022
Don’t forget to stop by The Island School PTO’s lemonade stand and TIS dribbling team performance on Wednesday, March 30 at the Community Center Court and Pavilion (behind the Boca Grande Communi…
The phone books are here! The phone books are here!
March 25, 2022
The 2022 phone books will be available for pickup today, Friday, March 25 from noon to 2 p.m., as well as Monday, March 28 from noon to 2 p.m. and Wednesday, March 30 from noon to 2 p.m.
Pickup…
Methodist women distribute $95,000 from Strawberry Festival … that’s a lotta berries!
March 25, 2022
The United Methodist Women of Boca Grande 2022 Strawberry Festival will be distributing $95,000 to local charities and to an organization that is providing funds to benefit the peoples of the Ukra…
Clean water event brings a crowd to Power House
March 25, 2022
BY SHEILA EVANS
Shown above, Capt. Rhett Morris, Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades and Gil Smart, executive director of VoteWater and policy director of Friends of th…
Carlton Ward to talk about Florida’s ‘big cats’ at presentation on March 29
March 25, 2022
BY SHEILA EVANS
Florida’s wildlife is being threatened, and it is the people who live in the state who can save it. This is the message Carlton Ward, Jr., wildlife advocate and award-winning ph…
Glee’s ‘Songs of Hope’ coming on April 7 and 9
March 25, 2022
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Boca Grande’s “Glee” will be bringing hope to the island and to young people across greater Englewood at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church on Thursday, April 7 and Friday…
Who knew something so irritating could be so beautiful?
March 25, 2022
BY JULIE SALVETTI “THE PEARL GIRL”
Welcome to the world of cultured pearls! Pearls that are cultured, cultivated, farm-raised and cared for are some of the most beautiful and rare specimens in …
GICIA Mercabo Cove seagrass planting effort continues
March 25, 2022
In January 2016, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association successfully acquired the Mercabo property located at the entrance to Gasparilla Island. It was in late 2015 that a …