When you open your paper this week, make sure to remember that the little section that falls out from the middle IS NOT REAL NEWS. Please don’t think the chupacabras, the latrines on Gilchrist and…
More than 50 people turned out to witness the ribbon cutting of the Wheeler Road Community Dog Park, which will be opening by the end of the summer with ful…
The second Annual Gasparilla Mallet Club Tournaments are in the history books, and they were resounding successes, according to Skip Russo, one of the tournament’s directors. At least 24 people took…
By Karen Grace, Boca Grande Historical Society
Joseph Spadaro came to Boca Grande in the 1920s. On Sunday, March 26, 2023, his great niece, Celeste Markle, came to the Boca Grande History Center…
Florida Lighthouse Day is celebrated every year at lighthouses throughout the state to commemorate Florida’s lighthouse heritage and preservation, and on the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse grounds betw…
When Absalom Markland died in 1888, his obituary was carried in newspapers nation wide. Today he is virtually unknown. Who was this man who was a confidant of Lincoln, Grant and Sherman? Why was he…
The Johann Fust Library Foundation is excited to present a unique program featuring two professors from the University of Central Florida, Chrissy Kolaya and David James Poissant, in a conversation…
From burls to bowls …
It started out as a curiosity. Lewis Carlisle had heard that tree burls could be turned into pieces of art, but he was not sure what would be involved in actually making t…
