Over the past week, the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was detected in 107 samples from and offshore of Southwest Florida, and one from Florida’s East Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells…
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 Flor…
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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 t…
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 discover…
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 that…
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 &…
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 Cof…
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 to…
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. Ginger…
