The Windy City is where Fran Edwardson grew up, but the balmy breezes of Boca Grande have called to her and convinced her that this is where her home is now. Fran and her husband, John, still spend…
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FIVE YEARS AGO
The cast of Royal Palm Players’ “Don’t Drink the Water” included Lynda Grant, Jim Grant, Ross Witschonke, Jeff Lehrian, Elaine Skypala and others.
TEN Y…
On Monday, Jan. 23 at 5 p.m. the Boca Grande Fire Department responded to a fire at the generator next to the cell phone tower near 5th Street and Park Avenue.
While the source of the fire is und…
It was hard for Vanita Auville, co-supervisor of Gaston Tree Debris Removal, to pinpoint when they would be able to finish up work at the end of Wheeler Road, but she did say that they would be work…
By Mark Driscoll, Boca Grande Health Clinic CEO
Just like that, 2022 is a wrap and 2023 is already moving right along. As the song goes, “Another year over – a new one just begun.”
On behalf…
Launch party to be held tonight in conjunction with The Island School Chowder Dinner
Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. This year’s lineup for the Boca Grande Film Fe…
To say the house was packed at a presentation given by Pulitzer prize-winning author Jon Meacham and American historian and law professor Annette Gordon-Reed is an understatement. A captivated crowd…
The history of Gasparilla Island is rich, which is why new events scheduled by the Boca Grande Historical Society are always eagerly anticipated.
To begin, History Bytes will be held every Wednes…
