This week something happened on the island that shook many people. It angered them, it confused them and it struck a chord in them that resonated with a sonic boom. Many of those people are Island S…
Are you feeling the need for some donut-y goodness? The Gasparilla Inn & Club has what you need, as they have just set up their own little “Picnic Basket” in the empty lot kitty-corner to the In…
Density limitations in the western part of Charlotte County are being discussed again, and a group of Cape Haze land owners, business owners and residents are very involved. They are encouraging peo…
When Capt. Sandy Melvin, Bill Klettke and Michael Vaughn founded the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic more than a decade ago, it was with one objective in mind – to create a fast-paced, action-packed…
The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 8 to discuss three Certificates of Appropriateness, which were all passed unanimously. Disaster Relief Fund…
By Boots Tolsdorf, RPP
WHODUNIT?
You will have to come and find out when “The Game’s Afoot,” a madcap, wacky, comic, murder mystery takes to the Boca Grande Community Center’s stage February 1…
On Thursday, Feb.16, local author Lindsay Major will speak about her book, “Lindsay Hughes Cooper: A Portrait.” Major is a former president and board member of the Johann Fust Library Foundation. Ma…
A new book by Sandy Jacobs is hot off the press. “Fragments” is a novel based on family memories.
The story begins in Kishinev, Ukraine, where the author’s 15-year-old grandmother and her family…
The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reports that Huricane Ian had a minimal affect on the success of sea turtle nesting on the island.
“It was the end of nesting season for the loggerheads, f…
