When J&S Towers out of Rock Island, IL got a call from a company called Vertical Bridge, asking if they could remove a telecomm tower from a bakery in a tiny town in Florida, their response was…
By Rep. Mike Grant
“Thank God!”
I remember holding my wife and kids close after Hurricane Charley, so grateful to be alive and have them with me. Things can be replaced, but family canno…
The Boca Grande Disaster Relief Fund, administered by the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande, has announced that the last day to donate to the fund will be January 31.
While the ex…
The pile is gone. Completely, utterly and totally gone. Where last week there was a mountain of debris, almost classifying as the highest point in Southwest Florida, there is now a clean parking are…
A more complete list of chefs and restaurants contributing to The Island School’s annual chowder dinner has been released, as well as information about entertainment and an auction.
As of press t…
On the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 17 the loggia at the Johann Fust Library sounded more like a juke joint than a higher place of learning – and sometimes that is quite all right … especially when Bo…
By Roger Lewis, Friends of Boca Grande
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 4:30 p.m, Elizabeth Kolbert, one of the nation’s leading science reporters, will discuss her book “Under a White Sky: The Nature o…
To the editor:
Where are our gopher tortoises?
These sleepy creatures normally thrive in the northwest corner of Gasparilla Island where they burrow in the soft sand along the Gulf. They ventu…
The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast is thrilled to host a collective of Florida Highwaymen for a special one-night-only exhibition of their legendary art. The event will take place, Wednes…
The 35th Annual Englewood Invitational Winter Art Festival is slated for Saturday and Sunday, January 28 to 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days on the grounds of the Englewood Elks Club at 401 N. I…
