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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Marty McFadden

May 4, 2023
If Marty McFadden refers to someone as “kind of an odd duck,” you know he really enjoys being around them. He always has his ear tuned to hearing the previously untold story and the inside details t…

IT’S GONE

April 27, 2023
Whispering Bench demolished The Whispering Bench is gone. Early Saturday morning heavy equipment operators came and began to gouge it out of the earth, while Boca Grande residents gathered aroun…

Nope, it’s not a coconut

April 27, 2023
Island beachgoer finds something a bit unusual  Here’s something that doesn’t happen every day. It was on Tuesday last week that Artist Lisa McQueen was kicked back at her favorite beach spo…

BGWC announces community grant, scholarship awards

April 27, 2023
Submitted by the Boca Grande Woman’s Club Since its founding in the fall of 1948, the Boca Grande Woman’s Club has consistently fulfilled its mission of community improvement through contribution…

‘Hearts Filled With Love’; PanCan event this Saturday, April 29

April 27, 2023
By Boots Tolsdorf Where have your “Hearts” gone? They have landed on Ann Fletcher’s Christmas tree! In December of 2022, a member of our RPP family, Priscilla Masselink, was diagnosed with…

Strawberry Festival wrap-up shows amazing numbers, generous islanders

April 27, 2023
By Susan Hanafee If there had been any concerns that the 2023 Strawberry Festival would suffer as a result of Hurricane Ian, they vanished quickly when members of the United Methodist Women’s boa…

A flooded causeway took precedence at latest GIBA meeting

April 27, 2023
Flooding on the Gasparilla Island Causeway after Hurricane Ian was the main topic of discussion for the spring meeting of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority (GIBA), held Thursday, April 22. The…

Alice’s Secret Garden: A piece of the Fust Library, named for an island visionary

April 27, 2023
Submitted by the Johann Fust Library Foundation On Friday, April 14, 2023, under the cover of dappled light and surrounded by latticed brick walls and lush greenery, an intimate crowd of current…

Knight named new BGHS president, Blaha to serve as vice president

April 27, 2023
Johns Knight is the newly-elected president of the Boca Grande Historical Society. The Knight family came to Florida in 1840, settling first in Manatee County and later in Charlotte County. Before a…

Saying goodbye to Rev. Martyn

April 27, 2023
It was a sad farewell on Sunday, April 23 at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande, as Rev. Martyn Atkins took his leave of us and heads back over the pond to England. Rev. Martyn st…