Author George Bernard Shaw famously claimed youth was wasted on the young. Apparently, he never met Effie Joiner, because she is not wasting a moment of her youth. Effie is not yet 27 but is putting…
On a hot and only slightly breezy Friday in July, some visitors to Palm Island Resort were out playing pickleball. Another group was at Coconuts Cafe, the little shop below Rum Bay Restaurant, rent…
The Gasparilla Island Water Association’s “Bayou Bridge” will be dismantled by the first of the year – and maybe sooner, according to GIWA Executive Director Ron Bolton. The low bridge is on 7th Str…
Kathy Auman has a fan club. The members are mostly young children, but many are also the parents of these children.
For those who are not familiar with Kathy and what the fan club is all about…
There’s yet another weather phenomenon beachgoers have to watch for in on the Gulf of Mexico. It’s the meteotsunami, a water wave seen June 21 on Clearwater Beach.
The storm is another…
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n order to continue the process of removing debris from local waters due to Hurricane Ian, the state will allow blue crab traps to remain in situ through what was a planned closure period.
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